The act of breastfeeding helps to establish a bond between the woman and the animal, making it a 'hanima,' or family member. The Awa tribe is one of the world's most endangered indigenous groups.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo of an Awa Guajá couple was taken only five days before their first contact with outsiders in 1992. “Uncontacted peoples ...

BOGOTA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Twelve members of the Awa Indian tribe in Colombia were killed by gunmen in military fatigues who burst into their house at daybreak on Wednesday and fired indiscriminately, ...

LA GUAÑA, Ecuador, 14 August (UNHCR) - The Awa are an indigenous people who straddle the Ecuador-Colombia border but do not feel part of the modern societies on either side. That has not saved them ...

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