Amazon tribe attacks oilfield in Ecuador

[Derec]

No. We defend people defending their historic homes from being destroyed by a company and government that refuses to let them live in peace there.

Let's say your house is where a new airport is going to be built. You refuse to sell. In that case the government has the right to "eminent domain" you with proper compensation.
Your right to your "historic home" is not absolute, even if you are "lily white". I do not see why it should be any different for Indians.

It has nothing to do with whether they are indigenous or not and everything to do with the fact that Ecuador is taking everything they have and giving them nothing back.

Evidence that it is not giving them anything back? From the other article I posted about the same tribe (Hourani) from last last year, they were given housing, education, medicine, electricity, outboard engines for boats etc.
As I said before, your attitude reminds me of the "what have the Romans ever done for us?" bit from Life of Brian.
From the abstract of "Crude, Cash and Culture Change: The Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador", an academic article published in Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Huaorani are the indigenous group most
recently assimilated into the country’s social, political, and economic order. With
vast reserves of oil located under Huaorani land, this Native Amazonian population
has quickly become integrated into national and international markets. The focus
of this study is on one Huaorani community, Gareno, which is located along an oil
road a few hours from the town of Tena, the capital of Napo Province.
Community members were interviewed in order to better understand why they
lived along the oil road and how they felt it impacted their daily lives. Responses
showed that the residents have chosen to live and stay in Gareno specifically
because of the health and education opportunities the road provides. The fact that
they have chosen these benefits and economic opportunity over a pristine forest
refutes the idea of the “noble savage,” which has been ingrained into Western
society ever since Europeans first stepped on New World soil in the 15th century.
The image of the noble savage portrays indigenous people living in a so called
“wilderness” as romanticized innocents in ecological harmony, isolated from the
outside world, and uncorrupted by civilization. This view is inappropriate for
groups like the Huaorani because it places them on an ecological pedestal and
distorts their true condition. Rather than perpetuating this romanticized Western
view of indigenous peoples, studies need to be conducted to better understand
their contemporary challenges, responses, and opinions. As the people of Gareno
look to further improve their quality of life through development, it is important to
consider sustainable methods by which this can be completed as well as how
national and international non-governmental organizations can facilitate such
progress.

They said 'no' to the development.

Who exactly said no to development? The six attackers? Luis from the other article who told the author he was stockpiling weapons and developing better blowgun poisons and asking him how many oil workers the author thinks Luis could kill? Yes. But apparently not the Hauorani community as a whole.
Why should oil development be subject to the approval by a xenophobic, violent minority?

I suppose you also support the trail of tears

That was indeed wrong. However, that was a long time ago. Nowadays, Indians in the US are much more likely to be discriminated in favor of (monopoly gambling, tax exemptions, special laws giving them extra rights) rather than against.

and the theft of New York?

I wasn't aware it was stolen.

 

[bilby]

"Once something is approved by the government, it's no longer immoral" - Rev. Lovejoy.