book chapter
Première partie: ethnographie des Pumé
Les Pumé et leurs rêves: étude d'un groupe indien des plaines du Venezuela • Asterdam • Published In 1998 • Pages: 1-98, 305-311
By: Orobitg Canal, Gemma.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the Yaruro community living in the government town of Riecito. The author uses their own words to examine their relationship with both government agencies and the Creole population. The Yaruro were pushed by Creole ranchers from their riverine habitats to the drier savanah (Llanos) country between rivers. Riecito became a site for an under-funded and ultimately failed government attempt to sustain the Yaruro community through various food, medical, and educational services and programs. According to the author, the Yaruro are dispirited and dream of their coming demise. What were once gaurdian spirits have turned against them and instead have become the source of their sickness and gloom. Nevertheless, some rituals and and their ties to hinterland communities have helped to sustain the Riecito community.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Settlement patterns
- Ethnic stratification
- Public welfare
- Public health and sanitation
- Sickness
- Religious beliefs
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pumé
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1991-1993
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1993
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Riecito, eastern Apure, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gemma Orobitg Canal
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-311)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yaruro Indians--Folklore
- Yaruro Indians--Religion
- Yaruro mythology
- Folklore--Venezuela