A small-statured humanoid species who achieved warp flight only a year before being hurriedly made a Federation protectorate in 2375, welcomed with a diplomatic reception aboard the Enterprise-E.
The Evora appear at the start of Star Trek: Insurrection. They are noticeably shorter than humans, with hairless, patterned heads, and their world has a population of about three hundred million. They had developed warp drive just the previous year.
Picard grumbles that such a young spacefaring people would not normally be considered for protectorate status so quickly, and it is made clear that Federation losses to the Borg and the Dominion have made new friends a priority. He nonetheless learns a greeting in their language and plays host to their leader, Regent Cuzar.
During the reception the Evora place a ceremonial beaded headdress on Picard's head, which he wears with good grace. The evening is cut short by news that Data has apparently run amok on the Ba'ku planet, which pulls the Enterprise into the Briar Patch.