Yanomamo
Americannoun
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Yanomamos,
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Yanomamo
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a member of an Indigenous people of southern Venezuela and neighboring Brazil who live in scattered villages in the rain forests and conduct warfare against one another continually.
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the family of languages spoken by the Yanomamo.
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Tierney’s chief villain was Chagnon, whom Tierney accused of projecting his belligerent personality onto the Yanomamo and of inciting their violence.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2019
Many Yanomamo warriors had confessed to Chagnon that they loathed war and wished it could be abolished from their culture.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2019
It covers a description of the Yanomamo and their habits written in relatively plain English without much Academic Speak.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2013
“Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes — the Yanomamo and The Anthropologists” Napoleon Chagnon is the most polarizing anthropologist in the field.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2013
Gliding nearly nude beneath the trees, cultivating their temporary gardens, the Yanomamo are often said to be windows into the past, living much the same lives as their great-great-great- grandparents.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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