Tells the story of a child who is raised to be the religious leader of his Munduruku group in the Brazilian state of Para; describes how the Munduruku and other Indian peoples of the Amazon region live; and provides autobiographical information about the author, a member of the Munduruku ethnic group, and his experiences living in Sao Paulo.
A young girl describes her experiences before and after she leaves her mother and grandmother in Brazil to live with the American family who adopts her.
At the beginning of the world it is daylight all the time, because the Great Snake keeps night a prisoner, until the curiosity of three men sets night free.
English translation of the 1955 French study in which anthropologist L?vi-Strauss records the story of his experiences among the primitive Caduveo, Bororo, Nambikwara,and Tupi-Kawahib tribes of South America.
