Yanomamo of the Orinoco

This video utilizes film footage from the extensive series of Napoleon Chagnon and Timothy Asch. It was made in conjunction with seventh grade geography teachers in Wayland, Massachusetts schools, to show land use in a South American rain forest. It depicts many of the daily activities of the Yanoma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Asch, Timothy
Corporate Author: Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other Authors: Chagnon, Napoleon A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Watertown, Mass. Documentary Educational Resources 2004, 2004, 1987
Series:Ethnographic video online, volume 1
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Collection: Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:This video utilizes film footage from the extensive series of Napoleon Chagnon and Timothy Asch. It was made in conjunction with seventh grade geography teachers in Wayland, Massachusetts schools, to show land use in a South American rain forest. It depicts many of the daily activities of the Yanomamo Indians such as slash-and-burn gardening, body decorating, gathering firewood, bathing in the river and preparing for a feast
Physical Description:1 streaming video (29 min.)