TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kopenawa,Davi
AU  - Albert,Bruce
AU  - Elliott,Nicholas
AU  - Dundy,Alison
TI  - The falling sky: words of a Yanomami shaman 
SN  - 9780674726116
AV  - F2520 .F355 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
KW  - Kopenawa, Davi.
KW  - Shamans
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Biography
KW  - Yanomamo Indians
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Shamanism
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Translation of: La chute du ciel : paroles d'un chaman yanomami. (c)2010; 2; Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Maps --; Setting the Scene --; Words Given --; I. Becoming O1ther --; II. Metal Smoke --; III. The Falling Sky --; Words of Omama --; How This Book Was Written --; Appendix A. Ethnonym, Language, and Orthography --; Appendix B. The Yanomami in Brazil --; Appendix C. Watoriki --; Appendix D. The Haximu Massacre --; Notes --; Ethnobiological Glossary --; Geographic Glossary --; References --; Acknowledgments --; Index; 2; b
N2  - Anthropologist Bruce Albert captures the poetic voice of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon, in this unique reading experience--a coming-of-age story, historical account, and shamanic philosophy, but most of all an impassioned plea to respect native rights and preserve the Amazon rainforest
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