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The social position of the woman among the Eastern Bororoessay 1937 • Baldus, Herbert & Lillios, Ivana
Bororo • South America > Eastern South America
This essay has two purposes. In terms of the data, it seeks to demonstrate the social equality of Bororo women. In terms of method, it attempts to point out that our interpretation of a situation may be faulty if it does not include how the natives u...Notes on the kinship system of the Cayua Indiansarticle 1944 • Watson, Virginia Drew & Lillios, Ivana
Guaraní • South America > Eastern South America
This short article contains lists of the kin terminology of the Cayuá Indians, and describes the behavior between relatives in a rather generalized way. Consideration is given to written historical material from 17th to 19th century....The indigenous civilization of the UaupésBook 1962 • Silva, Alcionilio Bruzzi Alves da & Lillios, Ivana
Tukano • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This book discusses in detail the tribal groupings of the Tucano from historical and linguistical evidence. The various Tucano groups that in the 1950s were almost identical as far as their culture is concerned, have only recently become a group with...The eastern Bororo Orarimogodogue of the eastern plateau of Mato Grossobook chapter 1942 • Colbacchini, Antonio et al.
Bororo • South America > Eastern South America
This document, the result of over 30 years of missionary and ethnographic work among the Eastern Bororo, covers most of the standard ethnographic topics. Included are information on: social organization, life cycle, material culture, fishing and hunt...