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32 pp.
| Raintree
| September, 2007
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-4109-2817-7$27.50
(4)
4-6
World Cultures series.
This book presents the customs and lifestyle of the Yanomami Indians, who live in the rainforests of Brazil and Venezuela. Topics include daily life, family, housing, food, clothing, and beliefs. An explanation of how the threatened rainforest endangers these people concludes the book. The large-font text can be simplistic, but the many photographs are compelling. A superficial quiz is appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.
48 pp.
| Lerner
| December, 2001
|
LibraryISBN 0-8225-4851-8$$23.93
(4)
4-6
First Peoples series.
Starting with the land on which the Yanomami live, this overview describes their recent history and hunter-gatherer way of life, largely unchanged from hundreds of years ago. Both Yanomami customs and means of livelihood are covered, although the information sometimes skips around or skimps on detail. Numerous color photos show members' daily lives. Bib., glos., ind.
96 pp.
| Lucent
| March, 1999
|
LibraryISBN 1-56006-387-4$$22.45
(4)
YA
Way People Live series.
Kallen profiles today's Yanomami people, the last truly primitive Amazon tribe. In clear, compassionate prose, the text discusses everyday aspects of Yanomami life--work, gender roles, spiritual beliefs and practices--as well as unanticipated challenges: diseases, ecological threats to the environment, confrontations with modern culture. The title's only demerit is for grainy and drab black-and-white photos and illustrations. Bib., ind.