Globalization and The Yanomami Although the phenomenon is quite rare but there are indeed still groups of uncontacted people within the modern world. One of these groups is the Yanomami people. According to Survival International, they are the largest relatively isolated group in South America. The Yanomami live in the rainforests and mountains of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela with a population of about 35,000 people. The Yanomami live in small villages spanning the land and speak four different languages. They live off of the land through the use of slash/burn and hunter/gather techniques and move where the food sources lead them. Yanomami tend not to not to wear clothes other than a small draw string cloth below the stomach
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Largely credited for putting the Yanomami people on the map is anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon. Chagnon, first traveled into Yanomami land in 1964; this expedition, in addition to the many that followed, was the source of information for his representation of the Yanomami people (Eakin 2013). In these works Chagnon represents the Yanomami males as violent people who revel in warfare. (Chagnon 1966). Chagnon’s representation has painted the Yanomami as barbarians that need to be civilized, perpetuating the common narrative that Indians are uncivilized beasts(Booth 2013). Regardless of whether Chagnon’s representation of the Yanomami is accurate, the perception of Yanomami as a fierce and violent people is exceptionally popular on an international level – “Yanomamö: The Fierce People,” nearly sold a million copies since it was published (Eakin 2013). Chagnon seems to capitalize on this common narrative. He projects the false but nevertheless common view of Indians onto the Yanomami people, consequently affecting the ways millions of people treat Yanomami people and
Largely credited for putting the Yanomami people on the map is anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon. Chagnon, first traveled into Yanomami land in 1964; this expedition, in addition to the many that followed, was the source of information for his representation of the Yanomami people (Eakin 2013). In these works Chagnon represents the Yanomami males as violent people who revel in warfare. (Chagnon 1966). Chagnon’s representation has painted the Yanomami as barbarians that need to be civilized, perpetuating the common narrative that Indians are uncivilized beasts(Booth 2013). Regardless of whether Chagnon’s representation of the Yanomami is accurate, the perception of Yanomami as a fierce and violent people is exceptionally popular on an international level – “Yanomamö: The Fierce People,” nearly sold a million copies since it was published (Eakin 2013). Chagnon seems to capitalize on this common narrative. He projects the false but nevertheless common view of Indians onto the Yanomami people, consequently affecting the ways millions of people treat Yanomami people and