By Els Lagrou(1)
The Huni Kuin of Acre and of the Eastern Peruvian Amazonian rainforest share a philosophy of life with many other indigenous groups that can be qualified as “ecosophy,”(2) one that attributes the majority of illnesses to the consumption of animals. Humans fall ill because the beings we hunt and fish, as well as some of the plants we consume, or other animals we attack or interact with, take revenge and send their nisun, headac...
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