The
Tagaeri are an eastern
Huaorani people living in
Yasuni National Park, in the
Ecuadorian Amazon Basin, named (in Wao-Terero, the
Huaorani language) after one of their members, Tagae. Nearby
Kichwa communities sometimes refer to them as Awashiri, or "high-ground people". They live a hunting and foraging lifestyle and have resisted outside contact, making them one of the so-called
uncontacted peoples of the world. In addition to Tagaeri, the area is home to their kin, the
Taromenane, another eastern Huaorani group.