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A Reservation for the Nambiquaraessay 1982 • Price, David
Nambicuara • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This article discusses problems encountered in resettling the Nambiquara people. The focus is on two involuntary resettlement schemes implemented under the auspices of the Brazillian government and with technical support by missionaries and internati...Nambiquara leadershiparticle 1981 • Price, David
Nambicuara • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This article focuses on leadership among the Nambiquara of Brazil. It tries to overcome preconceptions of the Nambiquara leadership as an egalitarian system grounded in a social structure that emphasizes the ties between siblings. It argues that Namb...Nambiquara geopolitical organisationarticle 1987 • Price, David
Nambicuara • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This article is concerned with the distribution of villages and inter-village relations among the Nambiquara Indians of Brazil. It shows that traditional Nambiquara villages housed closely related agnates with a wide variety of duties and privileges ...The present situation of the Nambiquaraarticle 1969 • Price, David & Cook, Cecil E.
Nambicuara • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This article is a brief report on the situation of the Nambiquara people of Brazil as observed in 1967-1968. It lists band names by location and linguistic position within the Nambiqura family....Real toads in imaginary gardensarticle 1978 • Price, David et al.
Nambicuara • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This article revisits the controversy between Levi-Strauss and David Aspelin on dynamics of subsitence and settlment among the Nambiquara of Brazil. The author takes side with Aspelin to argue that Levi-Strauss's description underestimates the role o...