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	Yanomami Indians - Crystalinks
		The Yanomami are an indigenous tribe (also called Yanamamo, Yanomam, and Sanuma) made up of four subdivisions of Indians which live in the tropical rain forest of Southern Venezuela and Northern Brazil.
		The Yanomami live in about hundreds of small villages, grouped by families in one large communal dwelling called a Shabono; this disc-shaped structure with an open-air central plaza is an earthly version of their gods' abode.Ý They hunt and fish over a wide range and tend gardens in harmony with the forest.
		For the Yanomami what was once an intricate social system patterned on trading and bartering goods and food amongst themselves has become a game of deadly high stakes where they are trading their culture for their very existence.
	www.crystalinks.com /yanomami.html (1195 words)

	Yanomami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yanomami are known as hunters, fishers, and horticulturists, cultivating as their main crops plantains and cassava in "gardens," areas of the forest cleared for cultivation.
		Yanomami culture was severely endangered, and has been protected by the Brazilian and Venezuelan national park services with donations from the First World.
		Yanomami religious tradition prohibits the keeping of any bodily matter after the death of that person, but the donors were not warned that blood samples would be kept indefinitely for experimentation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yanomami (905 words)

	People
		Yanomami Indians of the Amazon Rainforest are a group of South American Indians tribes that include many different groups.
		Hunting and fishing have always been an important source of food for the Yanomami people, but with the deforestation of the rainforest, many of the animals that the Yanomami hunt are becoming extinct.
		To the Yanomami, alliances seem to be essential, but they have developed an intricate social system that permit them to cover their real intentions and focus more on trade.
	library.thinkquest.org /27507/people.htm (796 words)

	Yanomami
		Yanomami är ett av de största ursprungsfolken i Sydamerika, vilka fortfarande lever av svedjebruk.
		I fallet Yanomami tjänar detta sätt till en känsla av djup, praktisk och känslomässig bindning till regnskogen som är deras hem.
		Yanomami har ingen immunitet mot dessa sjukdomar och det är vanligt med dödsfall.
	www.iwgia.org.gu.se /yanomami.htm (1077 words)

	Yanomami \| Survival International
		Each Yanomami community lives in a huge communal house called a 'yano', which can house up to 400 people, although it is usually fewer.
		The Yanomami provide for themselves partly by hunting, gathering and fishing, and largely by growing crops in large gardens cleared from the forest.
		Now Survival is calling for militarisation of the Yanomami area to be halted, for protection of their land, and for the Brazilian government to respect its obligations under international law by recognising the land ownership rights of the Yanomami and all other Brazilian tribal peoples.
	www.survival-international.org /tribes.php?tribe_id=54 (555 words)

	Davi Kopenawa Yanomami was born 34 years ago in Toototobi, Brazil, in the heart of the Yan
		We Yanomami are dying of malaria gripe, dysentery, veneral disease, measles,chicken pox., and other diseases that the Indian as yet doesn\t know of, brought in from the outside by the miners.
		Yanomami don't die of humger, they only die of disease; they have everthing to survive where there are no miners.
		Omam is very imprortant to Yanomami Indians, the Macuxi, the Wapixana, and all of the whites, all of the fls, he gave origin to everyone, to the entire world; for this reason it is important to preserve the land where his spirit lives.
	www.skepticfiles.org /mys5/openletr.htm (1944 words)

	(Parcial) Publicado na Revista "Ortodoncia", da Sociedade Argentina de Ortodontia
		Although the Yanomamis do not for a race by themselves they are a racially pure group if we consider the lexical and structural evidence; they form a Family probably originated from the Karib or Proto-Karib group although Groenberg and Voegelin classified them as originated from the Macro-Chibcha phylum.
		The Yanomamis are strong and practically immune to the ailments of the area and due to their isolation have not been contaminated by our diseases.
		Yanomamis apparently are not excluded, provided their periodontal status is compared with persons of good oral hygiene habits.
	www.cleber.com.br /yanom1.html (4068 words)

	"I Fight Because I Am Alive!" A Yanomami Leader Speaks
		Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, the chief spokesman and leader of the Brazilian Yanomami, served as a consultant to the Commission, and this interview was recorded as his contribution to its report.
		In the second part, Davi, who is an initiated Yanomami shaman, outlines the speculative interpretation of the nature of white civilization, its impact on the environment, and the imminent danger its environmentally destructive policies pose to the entire world, developed by the Yanomami shamans over the past several decades.
		From the outset, they interpreted the strange and powerful attraction of white manufactured commodities, with their ambivalent implications for the Yanomami who came into contact with them (they were thought to cause epidemic disease) as a kind of scent or fume exuded by the white goods.
	www.aaanet.org /committees/cfhr/rptyano4.htm (720 words)

	C C P Y - Comissão Pró-Yanomami
		In fact this concern reflects the importance that many people attach to the existing ethnic differences in Brazil and in particular, to the Yanomami, because their image is that of the largest group on the planet which still maintains it traditional cultural manifestations practically intact.
		The Yanomami are seen as a cultural heritage of humanity, and many sectors of society are making efforts to help preserve their culture and ensure respect for their rights.
		The idea of starting the school programme (together with an agroforestry project) among the Yanomami in the Homoxi region arises mainly from the need to help these indians improve their living conditions which have been drastically worsened by two decades of intense prospecting activities, causing environmental, social, health and economic damage.
	www.proyanomami.org.br /frame1/Ingles/educacao.htm (1377 words)

	C C P Y - Comissão Pró-Yanomami (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Thus, to confront the grave situation of the Yanomami, who were threatened with extinction by the disastrous epidemiological state caused by the invasion of their lands by gold miners in the late ‘80s, FUNASA experimented with all the possible forms for hiring personnel and health in the Yanomami Health District, without satisfactory results.
		Throughout the 1990s, the Yanomami suffered an average annual rate of one case of malaria for every two inhabitants, a rate considered to be extremely grave by the World Health Organization.
		Nevertheless, in late 1999, based on the experience gained in the Yanomami Health District (DSY) between 1990 and 1998, and with the decision to create Special Indigenous Health Districts throughout Brazil, the Federal government adopted a model of decentralization through partnerships, preferably with civil society organizations, or, when this was not possible, with municipal agencies.
	www.proyanomami.org.br /v0904/index.asp?pag=noticia&id=3912 (4034 words)

	Public Anthropology
		In the form of an inquest on the Yanomami controversy, Borofsky lets all sides and the AAA be heard in their own words, creating a context where no reader is left to be carried away by any one set of arguments.
		Written in a lucid and concise manner, Yanomami is really two books in one: First, it is a riveting, issues-oriented text that is ideal for sparking interest and provoking discussion among introductory students; second it is an invaluable analysis of critical disciplinary questions that every anthropologist and anthropologist-in-the-making need ponder.
		Yanomami is not only a great teaching tool, one shaped by the input of students, it is also a cautionary lesson that should be read by all scholars and journalists who work across gradients of class, culture, and language.
	www.publicanthropology.org /Yanomami/Blurbs3.htm (411 words)

	Orinoco Online
		It is thought that at the moment of the earliest contacts with Europeans, the Yanomami had been in the middle of a significant demographic and geographic expansion, exploring new territories along the shores of the Orinoco, Padamo, and Mayaca rivers.
		Today, the geographic center of the Yanomami in Venezuela is the territory between the Parima mountains and the Orinoco, particularly the basins of the Ocamo, Manaviche, and Mavaca rivers.
		The Yanomami distinguish between two kinds of hunting: one is known as “rami,” which provides them with meat for everyday use, and the other is “heniyomou,” which is performed collectively by all the men of a community for celebrations and special guests.
	www.orinoco.org /apg/lopeopleindiv.asp?lang=en&people=yanomami (981 words)

	Resources on the Yanomami
		Oclusivon and Attrition of the Primitive Yanomami Indians of...
		Gold was recently found in Yanomami territory and the inevitable influx of miners that arrived soon after have brought with them disease, alcoholism, and violence, which promptly ressonated in the warrior culture of the Yanomami themselves, coupled with their version of animism which rituals incorporate entorpecents.
		Yanomami culture was in a real threat of disappearing from Earth entirely, and have been protected by Brazilian national parks with donations from the First World.
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/south_american/Yanomami.html (1250 words)

	Yanomami
		A second article will examine the erosion of their traditional culture, look at what the Yanomami are saying and doing in response, and explore the ethical questions anthropologists, missionaries, government, and activists have to struggle with when dealing with cultures such as theirs.
		The Yanomami are a loosely knit, semi-agricultural people inhabiting northwestern Brazil and part of Venezuela in about 125 villages, ranging in size from 10 to 125 individuals, with the norm being between 40 -70.
		So pronounced is this belief in the power of spirits and taboo that Yanomami have been know to quit eating because they were convinced they were to die soon because of some curse or taboo violation and couldn't see the point of fighting or prolonging the inevitable.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/fourth_world/20044 (602 words)

	Metroactive Books \| Patrick Tierney; Napoleon A. Chagnon; Bruce Albert and Davi Kapenawa Yanomami
		The Yanomami, because of their relative isolation and lack of exposure to genetic mutagens, were used as a "control sample" for the AEC's study of the genetic effects on radiation victims of Hiroshima.
		In certain indigenous populations similar to the Yanomami, it was found to precipitate virulent reactions, though it was never known to have resulted in a full-blown case of measles.
		Between 1976 and 1985, Chagnon was prevented from returning to Yanomami territories, and again in 1993, after massive protests by human rights groups and Yanomami leaders against him and Brewer Carias in Venezuela, he was escorted to Caracas by an army colonel and advised to leave the country.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/02.22.01/cover/lq1-0108.html (3172 words)

	Yanomami
		Yanomami raises questions central to the field of anthropology--questions concerning the practice of fieldwork, the production of knowledge, and anthropology's intellectual and ethical vision of itself.
		Using the Yanomami controversy--one of anthropology's most famous and explosive imbroglios--as its starting point, this book draws readers into not only reflecting on but refashioning the very heart and soul of the discipline.
		It is both the most up-to-date and thorough public discussion of the Yanomami controversy available and an innovative and searching assessment of the current state of anthropology.
	www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/10219.html (416 words)

	Survival International \| tribes
		Many Yanomami live communally in large, circular dwellings called 'yanos' or 'shabonos'.
		The Yanomami are one of the most numerous tribes in South America.
		Find out more about the Yanomami by exploring their news items, stories, sights and sounds in the main menu.
	survival-international.org /tribes.php?tribe_id=54 (617 words)

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		Today, the Yanomami are the subject of worldwide attention, their very survival threatened by epidemics of malaria and other diseases.
		DAVI YANOMAMI: The Portuguese [and their descendants] have done cruel things to our people, and the fact that many Yanomamis have died with the invasion of the garimpeiros is proof of it.
		DAVI YANOMAMI: We have asked the shaman to get in touch with his teacher, an elder shaman, and tell him that this conference is taking place, and tell him that he should do some special shamanism so that the Americans should agree with what's going on here.
	www.cwis.org /fwdp/Americas/yanomami.txt (1566 words)

	Pilot Guides.com:Yanomami Tribe
		The furthest that Yanomami men go to cover their modesty is to wear little more than string around their waist, to which they tie the stretched out foreskins of their penises.
		Within Yanomami society it is a clear indication that a boy has come of age when he begins to practice the custom of tying his penis to his waist string.
		Nevertheless the voracity of the Yanomami's hunting practices has in the past been highly exaggerated, taking into account that upwards of eighty to ninety percent of the food eaten by the Yanomami tribes is from their gardens.
	www.pilotguides.com /destination_guide/south_america/venezuela/yanomami_tribe.php (1059 words)

	Historic conference lets Yanomami voice be heard : ICT [2002/04/12]
		Tato Yanomami, headman of the Yanomami community of Tootobi, Brazil, Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, leader of the Yanomami community of Demini, Brazil and Jos￩ Seripino Ianomami of the Association of Yanomami Cooperatives of the Upper Orinoco, Venezuela were the keynote speakers of the forum.
		Their talks focused on Yanomami efforts to repatriate blood samples they said were unethically obtained from them by anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon and the late geneticist James Neel in the late 1960s and 1970s.
		It is taboo for the Yanomami to say the names of the dead family members to whom the samples belonged and special care was taken to respect this practice in all commentary.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1018621170 (1110 words)

	Conflict and Human Rights in the Amazon: The Yanomami
		The name "Yanomami" was given by anthropologists and derived from an indigenous expression "yanõmami thëpë" which signifies "human beings." The Yanomami are also known for their close relationship to nature, relying on their territory for subsistence purposes and attributing cultural significance and myths to their surroundings.
		The threats to Yanomami survival and their human rights come from many sources and affect the local tribe on several levels: not only is their health endangered, but their way of life and their rights to territory are being compromised.
		As not all of Yanomami land is properly recognized under indigenous control, violence continues to escalate as land disputes occur between the Yanomami and intruders.
	www.american.edu /ted/ice/yanomami.htm (3522 words)

	October 1, 2002
		As their numbers expand, soldiers are increasingly getting Yanomami women pregnant, spreading venereal disease and disrupting patterns of village life that have endured largely unchanged since the Stone Age.
		Yanomamis were observed playing soccer on the army base, and soldiers would occasionally swim at a nearby waterfall that is also frequented by the Yanomamis, including young women wearing only loincloths.
		Alarmed by what they see as the threat the military poses to their identity and culture, the Yanomami and other Indian groups are now seeking to block the construction of new bases along the border.
	www.genocidewatch.org /Yanomami.htm (1625 words)

	At the Yanomami's \| Planeta
		I had been told before that the Yanomami are the last Stone Age people, fierce and bellicose.
		One of their legends tells a story of evil Spirit of the Moon who was shot in the stomach and from each drop of his blood a Yanomami warrior was born.
		Jose forgot to mention that the Yanomami are a gathering tribe.
	www.planeta.com /planeta/97/1197yanomani.html (829 words)

	Darkness in El Dorado - Yanomami People and Eugenics
		Roche and his project were apparently the connection that led Neel to choose the Yanomami for his big study of the genetics of "leadership" and differential rates of reproduction among dominant and sub-dominant males in a genetically "isolated" human population.
		In other words, Chagnon's main claims about Yanomami society, the ones that have been so much heralded by sociobiologists and other partisans of his work, namely that men who kill more reproduce more and have more female partners, and that such men become the dominant leaders of their communities, are simply not true.
		In sum, most of the Yanomami conflicts that Chagnon documents, that are the basis of his interpretation of Yanomami society as a neo-Hobbesian system of endemic warfare, were caused directly or indirectly by himself: a fact he invariably neglects to report.
	www.ratical.org /ratville/Yanomami.html (2474 words)

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