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| Yanomami |
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| Indigenous Group |
Yanomami (Also known as: Ianomâmi, Yanomama, Yanoama, Xirianá) |
| Location |
Brazil , Amazonas, Roraima. Also located in: Venezuela |
| Estimated Population |
11,700 (2000, Instituto Socioambiental) |
| Environment |
Tropical / Rainforest |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Hunting /
Fishing / Agriculture / Gatherer |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Yanomámi
Classification:Yanomam
Alternate names: Waicá, Waiká, Yanoam, Yanomam, Yanomamé, Surara, Xurima, Parahuri
Dialects:Yanamam (Patimitheri, Waika), Yanomam (Naomam, Guadema, Wadema, Warema), Yanomay (Toototobi), Nanomam (Karime), Jauari (Joari, Yoari, Aica) |
| Website URLs |
Yanomami: Indigenous Peoples in Brazil
Ethnologue: Yanomámi, A Language of Brazil
The Yanomami Bluff and Other Myths Forgotten
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö
Darkness in El dorado : The Yanomami People, Anthropology and Eugenics
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| NGOs |
Associação Yanomami do Rio Cauaboris e Afluentes (AYRCA) |
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