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A Rustic Experience for the Shaman

  Jippeikit, a shaman in Chichirat, a forested settlement of 10 families north of Tiinkias. The tribe has built a camp in the forest near the remote community of Tiinkias to offer visitors a more rustic experience.- New York Times  

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Into the Amazonian Rain Forest

  Deep in the Ecuadorian jungle, the Achuar, a local tribe, have been using limited tourism as a means to preserve and protect their land and way of life. Tsumpa lives high above the Pastaza River on a tidy clearing ringed by coconut palms, manioc plants, fruit trees and a garden of various plant medicines.

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The Inca Dynastic Rulers

The Incas organized themselves into descent groups based on divisions that traced their lineage to a founding father. The Inca dynastic rulers all traced their lineage to Manco Cápac. Lines of succession were clear in theory but often involved trickery, violence, and even war. The history of many of the rulers especially the early rulers is unclear, because the histories recorded by the chronicles are themselves contradictory and confusing. However, we know that Manco Cápac was the first Inca that lead the beginning of the most powerful group of people in the Americas.

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