indians of south america

This photoessay gives young readers a glimpse of the lives of the Yanomamo, a people who are vanishing because foreigners are destroying the land and the waters in order to mine gold.

At the beginning of the world it is daylight all the time, because the Great Snake keeps night a prisoner, until the curiosity of three men sets night free.

Describes the history, culture, economy, geographic location, and religion of the Aymara people of South America's high plains, featuring their struggle to obtain equal rights and to maintain their cultural heritage.

Author recounts his travels and studies with some of the most powerful Amazonian shamans in his search for new medicinal plants.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that profile the famous myths, legends, people, and places of the Native American tribes.

English translation of the 1955 French study in which anthropologist L?vi-Strauss records the story of his experiences among the primitive Caduveo, Bororo, Nambikwara,and Tupi-Kawahib tribes of South America.

Describes, in text and photographs, the vanishing culture of the Yanomamo, a primitive group that lives in the Amazon Territory of Venezuela.

The moon people use a cloud bridge to travel to the Earth, a messy but beautiful world of incredible variety that becomes their new home.

When the falling Sky causes the Sun to crash to the Earth, Alet?n saves the situation and finds that his people and their world have been changed forever.