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The Akwe-Xavante in history at the end of the 20th centuryarticle 2000 • Silva, Aracy Lopes da
Xavante • South America > Eastern South America
Starting from a sweeping overview of Xavante history, this article discusses recent struggles for land rights and freedom, giving consideration of the many ways in which leaders and communities across generations engaged with non-Xavante actors, incl...Social practice and ontology in Akwe-Xavante naming and mytharticle 1989 • Silva, Aracy Lopes da
Xavante • South America > Eastern South America
This article examines the social functions of Xavante naming practices and concepts, arguing that personal names provide creative empirical solutions to structural challenges peculiar to the Gê-speaking societies of Central Brazil—most importantly th...