yanomamo indians

Presents information on the stories and legends, social structures, politics, culture, art, and history of the Yanomami in South America. Includes a quiz, a glossary, and color illustrations.

"Facts about the Yanomami indigenous peoples of South America. Includes information about their traditions, myths, social activities, the development of their culture, methods of hunting and gathering, rituals, and their daily lives"--Provided by publisher.

Readers will learn about the many cultures and mythologies of South America and gain a better understanding of how the past has shaped the present.

This photoessay gives young readers a glimpse of the lives of the Yanomamo, a people who are vanishing because foreigners are destroying the land and the waters in order to mine gold.

Twelve-year-old Alex is rescued from a plane crash by the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and spends several weeks in the Amazon jungle with them, learning and appreciating their way of life.

Challenges the claims of anthropologists Napoleon Chagnon and Jacques Lizot that the lives of the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and Brazil are characterized by violence and sexual depravity, and examines the roles these anthropologists and others may have played in corrupting these people.

Describes, in text and photographs, the vanishing culture of the Yanomamo, a primitive group that lives in the Amazon Territory of Venezuela.

Describes, in text and photographs, the vanishing culture of the Yanomamo, a primitive group that lives in the Amazon Territory of Venezuela.