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Under the shadow of the Cordillera del Condor mountains live the Awajun and Wampis peoples, a proud, warrior nation, never conquered by the Incas or the Spanish. Today, Peruvian and Canadian mining companies aim to set up a gold mine on land these natives say is their traditional territory. In fact, the Awajun had an agreement for the establishment of a National Park along the Cordillera that would protect their land. But Peru's President gave half the area over to mining interests. Peru is in the midst of an unprecedented resource "rush" - 72% of the jungle has been zoned for oil development alone. In this program, David Suzuki sets off for the Amazon to investigate the effect this rush is having on the native peoples who call this land their home.