No.TITLESOURCEMEDIUM
01Music From Mato GrossoSmithsonian by Harry Tschopik, Jr.Music
02The Crucial Crusade of an Amazon CowboyTCU Magazine by Kathryn HopperArticle
03The Death of Chico MendesWashington Post by Miriam ParelArticle
04Murder in the RainforestVanity Fair by Alex ShoumatoffArticle
05KamaiuráIndigenous Peoples in BrazilWeb
06Hope RanchTEDx AlcatrazVideo
07The Texas Chainsaw StopperOutside Magazine by Stephanie PearsonArticle
08The Amazon’s Texas SaviourThe EconomistArticle
09Concerns over deforestation may drive new approach to cattle
ranching in the AmazonMongabay by Rhett ButlerWeb
10Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Landby Anthony Smith and Michael JosephBook
From Indigenous Peoples in BrazilPhoto: Miltom Guran, 1978
“The Kamaiurá are an important reference in the culture area of the Upper Xingu, in which peoples who speak different languages share very similar worldviews and ways of life. They are even connected by a system of specialized trade and intergroup rituals, which have different names for each ethnic group, but which have become known (both by people within and outside the Xinguan universe) precisely by the terms used in the Kamaiurá language, such as the Kwarup and the Jawari.”
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