yanomamo indians

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

In this Yanomami tale, a youngster searches for the truth of the Moon Spirit. Explanatory sidebars present information about the Yanomami way of life.

Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon arrived in Venezuela's Amazon region in 1964 to study the Yanomamo Indians, one of the last large tribal groups still living in isolation. He expected to find Rousseau's "noble savages" living contentedly in a pristine state of nature. Instead he discovered a very violent society. Men who killed others had the most wives and the most children. The prime reason for this violence was to avenge deaths and abduct women. Chagnon felt their violence gave them an evolutionary advantage, a controversial theory that was not believed by some cultural anthropologists.

Describes the history, life, and culture of the Yanomami, an indigenous tribe still living a primitive existence in the Amazon rainforest.

Describes the culture and lifestyle of the Yanomano tribe living in the South American rainforest.

Describes the history, culture, and daily lives of the Yanomami peoples of the Amazon rain forest, and includes color photos, "fascinating facts," and a glossary.

Examines the history, life, traditions, and culture of the Yanomami, aborigines of South America whose territory stretches across 30,000 square miles of tropical rain forest in southern Venezuela and northern Brazil.

Examines the history, customs, and daily life of a tribe called the Yanomami who live in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil and Venezuela.

Describes the traditional way of life of the Yanomami. Includes activities in which common items represent what the Yanomami use, such as making a dugout canoe out of clay.

The animals in the Amazon rainforest find a way to trick Iwariwa the cayman into sharing the fire he uses to cook his food.