An Amazon Tribe Stops a Big Oil Company From Destroying Their Rainforest, and It’s a Giant Leap Toward Saving the Planet

The Waorani people are a tiny indigenous tribe who usually mind their own business in their village. But when their natural habitat faced the risk of being destroyed for oil mining, they marched to the court to demand their rights. Equipped with attorneys, legal papers, traditional weapons, and songs, the Amazon tribe remained unfazed while facing off against big corporations and the government.