Photo source:
YANOMAMO INTERACTIVE CD/ROM
(Peter Biella, Napoleon A. Chagnon and Gary Seaman
© 1997 Harcourt Brace)

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Yanomamö

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Debates in Anthropology

In the News . . .

• Chilean indigenous language vanishes as last living Yamana speaker dies -- The Guardian (17 Febraury 2022)
  
  
• The photographer fighting to save an ancient culture [Brazil’s Yanomami] -- BBCculture (26 February 2020)
  
  
• Cacao not gold: ‘chocolate trees’ offer future to Amazon tribes -- The Guardian (25 January 2020)
  
  
• The Shaman's-Eye View: A Yanomami Verdict on Us -- New Scientist (18 November 2013)
  
  
• Maverick anthropologist's memoir sparks fresh row over ancient Yanomami tribe:Napoleon Chagnon provoked uproar with his account of life in an Amazon community. His latest work has reopened the debate -- The Observer, (02 March 2013)
  
  
• Eakin, Emily. "Who are the Real Savages." The New York Times Magazine. 17 February 2013, pp. 32-37, 51-53.
  
  
• Povinelli, Elizabeth. Review of Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes—the Yanomamö and the Anthropologists (Simon & Schuster, 2013). The New York Times Sunday Book Review. 17 February 2013.
  
  

• Yanomamö -- Anthro.Net
  
  
• The Yanomamö -- Brian Schwimmer
  
  
• The Yanomamö -- Chloe Reindl, Cindy Chrisman, Josh LaFleur
  
  
• Yanomamö Interactive Video -- John Kantner, UC Santa Barbara
  
  

• Publications / Bibliography

  • Darkness in El Dorado Controversy
    
    
    • Anthropological Niche: Darkness in El Dorado -- Douglas W. Hume
      
      
    • Napoleon Chagnon Responds to Darkness in El Dorado
      
      
    • Is the book 'Darkness in El Dorado' by Patrick Tierney a hoax? What does the evidence say? -- Center for Evolutionary Psychology
      
      
    • "Blood Feud: A controversy over South American DNA samples held in North American laboratories ripples through anthropology" -- DAVID GLENN
      • Related materials Map: The Yanomami territory
        
        
  • Kopenawa, Davi, and Bruce Albert. The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman. Harvard University Press, 2013 (2010 in French).
    
    
  • Rare Uncontacted Tribe Photographed in Amazon Reuters (5/29/08)
    • Rare Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Photographed MSNBC (5/29/08)
    • 'Uncontacted Tribe' Sighted in Amazon CNN (5/30/08)
    • Amazon Tribe Sighting Raises Contact Dilemma Reuters (5/30/08)
    • Brazil Reveals 'Uncontacted' Amazon Tribe MSNBC (5/30/08)
    • Lost Tribe Revealed in Brazil Discovery (5/30/08)
    • Brazil Says Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Threatened ABC News (5/30/08)
    • Brazil Says Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Threatened Wired (5/30/08)
      
      
  • Venezuela: 'No evidence' of Yanomami killing -- BBCNews (2 September 2012)