From deep within the Amazon rainforest comes the extraordinary voice of Nemonte Nenquimo—indigenous leader, environmental warrior, and winner of TIME’s Earth Award.
In We Will Be Jaguars, Nenquimo shares her astonishing life story, from her Waorani upbringing rooted in shamanism and oral tradition, to a coming-of-age shaped by missionary schools and the tension between two worlds. Called back by the voices of her ancestors, she returns to lead her people in a historic legal battle that safeguarded over half a million acres of rainforest from Big Oil.
This unforgettable memoir—named a Reese’s Book Club pick and one of the Best Nonfiction Books of the Year—is a defiant call to protect the planet and honor indigenous wisdom. Nenquimo’s story isn’t just hers—it belongs to the future.
