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The Sanemabook chapter 1963 • Wilbert, Johannes & Muirden, Sydney
Yanoama • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This document is the introduction and one chapter of the Wilbert's major work dealing with the Indians of the Orinoco-Ventuari region of southern Venezuela. The introduction contains information on the geography and the location and basic indentifica...The Kogibook chapter 1950 • Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo & Muirden, Sydney
Kogi • South America > Northwestern South America
Reichel-Dolmatoff gives a rich and precise description of Kogi culture as he found it during the 1940s and as he could reconstruct it for the past from various historical evidences (archaeology, archives, tribal traditions and myths). He presents an ...The Kogibook chapter 1951 • Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo & Muirden, Sydney
Kogi • South America > Northwestern South America
This volume covers mainly mythology (in the form of translated texts of myths, with some consideration given to variant versions), religion, and the life-cycle. Reichel-Dolmatoff emphasizes the pervasive role of religion in the society, and its impac...The Warao of the Amacuro DeltaBook 1956 • Hill, George W. & Muirden, Sydney
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is a report about a field expedition to the Warao Indians by a team of eighteen persons -- students as well as qualified researchers -- from various departments of the Universidad Central de Venezuela (Sociology and Anthropology, Medicine, Educa...Ethnography of the Guarauno IndiansBook 1945 • Turrado Moreno, Angel & Muirden, Sydney
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
When writing this report the author had worked among the Warao Indians of the Orinoco Delta as a Franciscan missionary for twelve years. After a critical review of existing records about the past of these Indians, Fray Moreno gives a very precise and...The WaraoBook 1968 • Suárez, Maria Matilde & Muirden, Sydney
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This study presents a well-rounded ethnographic description of the Warao living in the Orinoco Delta. The author begins her study with introductory material on the geographical characteristics of the Delta, and on field work conditions in the area, t...Social organization in La GuajiraBook 1950 • Gutiérrez de Pineda, Virginia & Muirden, Sydney Jaime
Goajiro • South America > Northwestern South America
This source, written by a professional ethnologist, is the basic work on the Goajiro. The source deals with the various aspects of the life cycle: birth, child-raising, childhood, marriage, and death. Discussed in great detail are the relations betwe...Aspects of magic in La GuajiraBook 1950 • Pineda Giraldo, Roberto & Muirden, Sydney Jaime
Goajiro • South America > Northwestern South America
This document deals with religion, shamanism and magic among the Guajiro. Included in the account is information on ceremonies and rituals, charms, magico-medical practices, divination, beliefs about rain, and the initiation and training of shamans. ...Description of Patagoniaessay 1837 • De Viedma, Antonio & Muirden, Sydney J.
Tehuelche • South America > Southern South America
De Viedma was a colonial administrator who established a colony in this area in the eighteenth century. In addition to describing the area, the source gives considerable data on the Tehuelche, covering such things as warfare, religion, chieftainship,...