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A Father Washes his Children

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (15 minutes, color sound; 540 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. A Yanomamo shaman and village headman takes nine of his children and grandchildren to the river where he washes them.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Hygiene bathing Yanomamo Venezuela ; Ecology tropical Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.6
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Human Studies Film Archives
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ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref6

A Man and his Wife Weave a Hammock

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (12 minutes, color sound; 432 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers . A Yanomamo village headman weaves a cotton hammock while his wife and infant watch. Film reveals aspects of interpersonal family relations.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Weaving hammock Yanomamo Venezuela ; Crafts weaving Yanomamo ; Interpersonal relations familial Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.11
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc97a1ee810-fcbf-40fe-ae9e-c182d8e247c5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref11

Adaptation and human behavior : an anthropological perspective / editors, Lee Cronk, Napoleon Chagnon, William Irons

Author:
Cronk, Lee  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A. 1938-  Search this
Irons, William  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 512 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2000
C2000
Topic:
Sociobiology  Search this
Human behavior  Search this
Social evolution  Search this
Human evolution  Search this
Human ecology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_610758

Arrow Game

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. Film depicts the way in which young Yanomamo boys learn skills for hunting and warfare. Young boys engage in an arrow fight in a clearing, practicing their aim with blunt arrows and dodging the shots of their playmates.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Play bows and arrows Yanomamo ; Socialization in play Yanomamo ; Aggression training for Yanomamo ; Weapons bows and arrows Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.2
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc99501cd13-cdd7-45e2-94b5-9e4262196d98
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref2

Bride Service

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (10 minutes, color sound; 360 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1975
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. In this vignette from daily life, a headman's son returns from hunting with a wild turkey and a basket of fruit for his father-in-law. The ensuing events depict how this transaction of a gift is negotiated since avoidance rules prohibit the hunter from delivering the food directly to his father-in-law. The film provides material for examining Yanomamo sex roles, division of labor, and obligations within the family.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Food gathering Yanomamo Venezuela ; Division of labor sexual Yanomamo ; Villages Yanomamo Venezuela ; Kinship avoidance rules Yanomamo ; Polygyny Yanomamo ; Authority kinship politico-jural rules Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.3
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9ae03ebf0-310b-4e70-a151-d51d65b464e8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref3

Children's Magical Death

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (7 minutes, color sound; 252 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. Film shows a group of young boys pretending to be shamans. Imitating their fathers' activities, the boys blow ashes into each other's noses and chant to the hekura spirits.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Shamanism mimicry of Yanomamo Venezuela ; Play as socialization Yanomamo ; Spirits invocation of Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.4
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc916780365-66b2-467a-acbc-8ad650643969
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ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref4

Climbing the Peach Palm

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (9 minutes, color sound; 324 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. A young Yanomamo man constructs a climbing frame in order to harvest the fruit from the spiny barked peach palm tree.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Food gathering Yanomamo Venezuela ; Division of labor sexual Yanomamo ; Ecology tropical rainforest Venezuela ; Kinship obligations of Yanomamo ; Technology Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.5
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc915514704-0628-4b03-b207-948fd62c9a2a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref5

Darkness in El Dorado : how scientists and journalists devastated the Amazon / Patrick Tierney

Author:
Tierney, Patrick  Search this
Subject:
Chagnon, Napoleon A. 1938- Influence  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A. 1938- Public opinion  Search this
Physical description:
xxvii, 431 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
2001
2000
Topic:
Crimes against  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Indians, Treatment of  Search this
Genocide  Search this
Gold mines and mining  Search this
Anthropological ethics  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_740682

Darkness in El Dorado : how scientists and journalists devastated the Amazon / Patrick Tierney

Author:
Tierney, Patrick  Search this
Subject:
Chagnon, Napoleon A. 1938- Influence  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A. 1938- Public opinion  Search this
Physical description:
xxvii, 417 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
2000
C2000
Topic:
Crimes against  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Indians, Treatment of  Search this
Genocide  Search this
Gold mines and mining  Search this
Anthropological ethics  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_615479

Evolutionary biology and human social behavior : an anthropological perspective / edited by Napoleon A. Chagnon, William Irons

Author:
Chagnon, Napoleon A. 1938-  Search this
Irons, William  Search this
American Anthropological Association  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 623 p. : graphs ; 25 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
1979
C1979
Topic:
Sociobiology  Search this
Social structure  Search this
Call number:
GN365.9 .E96X
GN365.9.E96X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_111507

Firewood

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (10 minutes, color sound; 360 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and Upper Orinoco rivers. The laborious and tedious daily work of collecting wood by Yanomamo women is revealed in this film. A woman is shown chopping a large log as her children play nearby. The day's worth of wood is loaded into a large basket and the burden slung on a tumpline from the woman's forehead for the return to the village.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Chores chopping firewood Yanomamo Venezuela ; Division of labor sexual Yanomamo ; Ecology tropical rainforest Venezuela ; Division of labor by sex Yanomamo ; Firewood gathering of Yanomamo ; Play children Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.8
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9114f4863-3cb9-4639-b801-9b87552b3318
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref8

Jaguar: a Yanomamo Twin Cycle Myth as Told by Daramasiwa

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (22 minutes, color sound; 729 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1976
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. Film documents a performance of the myth of Jaguar--a prominent figure throughout South American mythology--by a virtuoso Yanomamo storyteller. The nuances of non-verbal communication and the details of the narrative suggest reflections on the nature of performance and communication in Yanomamo society and the complexity of its intellectual systems.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Storytelling myths Yanomamo Venezuela ; Myths Jaguar performance of Yanomamo ; Performances mythology Yanomamo ; Oratory storytelling Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.9
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc94b02f291-6ab0-465e-bf40-08a96775931d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref9

Lost paradises and the ethics of research and publication / edited by Francisco M. Salzano and A. Magdalena Hurtado

Author:
Salzano, Francisco M  Search this
Hurtado, A. Magdalena  Search this
Subject:
Neel, James V (James Van Gundia) 1915-  Search this
Tierney, Patrick  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A. 1938-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 234 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Brazil
Date:
2004
Topic:
Anthropological ethics  Search this
Crimes against  Search this
Health and hygiene  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_749838

Magical Death

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (29 minutes, color sound; 1044 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1973
Scope and Contents:
Edited film from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. A portrayal of shamanic activity and its role in inter-village alliances and magical attack in Yanomamo society. The drama of shamanic possession is shown over a two-day period as a powerful shaman summons the hekura spirits to destroy the souls of an enemy's children for their new allies. The film elaborates indigenous ideas of spirit possession and interprets the relationship between Yanomamo shamanism, warfare, and politics.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Shamanism magical attack Yanomamo Venezuela ; Alliances inter-village shamanism Yanomamo ; Spirits hekura invocation of Yanomamo ; Possession shamans Yanomamo ; Aggression magical attack shamans Yanomamo ; Warfare inter-village Yanomamo ; Drugs hallucinogenic spirit possession Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.10
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9468f75d0-7c58-4c7d-95cc-540fdd54b2a9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref10

Moonblood: a Yanomamo Creation Myth as Told by Dedeheiwa

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (14 minutes, color sound; 504 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. A Yanomamo shaman tells the myth of the creation of human beings from the blood of the moon spilled by the ancestors. In Yanomamo society the myth is a charter for social relations as it serves the ideological function of accounting for human violence.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Shamans storytelling muths Yanomamo Venezuela ; Myths Creation Yanomamo ; Storytelling shamans Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.12
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9ae267180-b839-422d-ba52-a0e89c6a7a2d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref12

Myth of Naro as Told by Dedeheiwa

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (22 minutes, color sound; 792 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. One of two related films which presents a versions of the myth of "Naro the Ugly" which deals with Naro's jealousy over his brother's wives. The myth describes the origins of harmful magic among the Yanomamo. Viewed in conjunction with the film MYTH OF NARO AS TOLD BY KAOBAWA, it provides a comparative view of narrative performance and oratorical style among the Yanomamo.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Myths malign magic Yanomamo Venezuela ; Oral performance myths Yanomamo ; Storytelling Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.13
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc956fe1d19-6c4e-4d2d-84ed-b10eb04e1b91
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref13

Myth of Naro as Told by Kaobawa

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (22 minutes, color sound; 792 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1975
Scope and Contents:
Edited film from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. One of two related films which presents a versions of the myth of "Naro the Ugly" which deals with Naro's jealousy over his brother's wives. The myth describes the origins of harmful magic among the Yanomamo. Viewed in conjunction with the film MYTH OF NARO AS TOLD BY DEDEHEIWA, it provides a comparative view of narrative performance and oratorical style among the Yanomamo.

Legacy Keywords: Myths malign magic Yanomamo Venezuela ; Oral performance myths Yanomamo ; Storytelling Yanomamo ; Language and culture
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.14
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc956ecf42b-8341-482b-a090-32b83c15552c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref14

New Tribes Mission

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (12 minutes, color sound; 432 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. One of two related films on the Yanomamo dealing with the role of Catholic missions. The film describes the goal of the mission in Bisaasi-teri--to preach Christian salvation and encourage a rejection of indigenous spiritual beliefs and practices--and provides visual evidence of the material processes of change.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Missions Catholic Yanomamo Venezuela ; Acculturation Yanomamo ; Schools mission teachers Yanomamo
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.15
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9d53f7037-b369-4156-bebb-f878ce382ebd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref15

Noble savages : my life among two dangerous tribes-- the Yanomamö and the anthropologists / Napoleon A. Chagnon

Author:
Chagnon, Napoleon A. 1938-  Search this
Physical description:
531 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2013
Topic:
Sociobiology  Search this
Human behavior  Search this
Social evolution  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1001495

Ocamo is My Town

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy  Search this
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (23 minutes, color sound; 828 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film from the 1971 Yanomamo film project shot in the Amazon Basin of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil between the Negro and the Upper Orinoco rivers. One of two related films on the Yanomamo dealing with the role of Catholic missions. The film describes efforts of an extraordinary Salesian priest to soften the impact of civilization on the local Yanomamo people living in the area of his mission on the Ocamo River. Depicted are a number of the changes which the mission has brought to the Yanomamo such as use of new medicines, the raising of cattle and chicken, and the use of new foods.

Legacy Keywords: Missions Catholic Yanomamo Venezuela ; Acculturation subsistence practices Yanomamo ; Schools mission teachers Yanomamo ; Fishing Yanomamo ; Language and culture
Local Number:
HSFA 1984.16.16
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc94707ce98-fe37-42a1-a115-4ec8bee2e4f9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1984-16-ref16

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