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The number of gold miners in the Yanomami area of Roraima was then estimated at 30 to 40 thousand, about five times the indigenous population resident there. Although the intensity of this gold rush has subsided greatly since 1990, gold prospecting continues today in the Yanomami land, spreading violence and serious health and social problems. [1]
(a lengthy article about the Pirahã and Daniel Everett's work with them, with accompanying Slideshow Archived 2013-01-04 at archive.today. Correction appended online.) Bower, Bruce (4 December 2005). "The Piraha challenge: an Amazonian tribe takes grammar to a strange place". Science News. doi:10.2307/4017032. JSTOR 4017032
A Huaorani village in Ecuador. The Waorani, Waodani, or Huaorani, also known as the Waos, are an Indigenous people from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador (Napo, Orellana, and Pastaza Provinces) who have marked differences from other ethnic groups from Ecuador.
Unlike many other cultures, the Jivaro cultures place more emphasis on gardening than they do on hunting. This is due to the unpredictable nature of hunting in their native region of the Amazon. As a result, a ritualistic approach to gardening sprouted in the Jivaro cultures.
Rondon, assigned to extend telegraph communications into the Amazon, was a natural explorer with a keen curiosity. In 1910, he helped establish the Serviço de Proteção aos Índios (SPI), now known as FUNAI (Fundação Nacional do Índio, National Foundation for Indians). SPI was the first federal agency tasked with protecting Amerindians and ...
Indigenous topics of the Amazon (23 P) J. Jivaroan peoples (1 C, 7 P) K. Kayapo (1 C, 7 P) P. Indigenous peoples in Peru (7 C, 49 P) ... White Amazonian Indians ...
The Awá are an Indigenous people of Brazil living in the Amazon rain forest. There are approximately 350 members, and 100 of them have no contact with the outside world. They are considered highly endangered because of conflicts with logging interests in their territory. [1] The Awá people speak Guajá, a Tupi–Guaraní language. Originally ...
Tucano bark cloth dance regalia, collection of the American Museum of Natural History. The Tucano people (sometimes spelt Tukano)(In Tucano: ye’pâ-masɨ (m.sg.), ye’pâ-maso (f.sg.), ye’pâ-masa (pl.)), [1] are a group of Indigenous South Americans in the northwestern Amazon, along the Vaupés River and the surrounding area.