They Carry Their Own Water

About the Book

This book is a photographic journal of a day in the life of indigenous Indians protesting with fire blockades on the Pan American Highway against the U.S. free trade talks. 

Throughout most of South America, people struggle to make a living.  More than half the people in Ecuador today live in poverty.  In 2006, the Andean countries were negotiating a free trade pact with the United States.  Washington decided to make changes in order to freely export American goods to South America. 

The indigenous groups understood that importing to Ecuador would flood their markets and make a stressed economic situation worse. 

About the Author

Nancy Milakovic McGann grew up in northern Indiana near Chicago and the sand dunes of Lake Michigan.  She has three brothers and one son. 

Nancy considers herself to be a truth-seeker and is open to sampling a smorgasbord of religions.  Milakovic was inspired to write this book in order to share a glimpse of real life in Ecuador through her authentic experience. 

She graduated in 1999 from Indiana University at Indianapolis.