Yanomami Indigenous People

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Yanomami_Indigenous_People

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Indigenous people
gptkbp:advocatesFor	gptkb:Survival_International gptkb:Hutukara_Yanomami_Association
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Yanomamö gptkb:Yanomama
gptkbp:artworkBy	basket weaving body painting feather ornaments
gptkbp:commonHealthIssues	malnutrition malaria mercury poisoning
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Brazil gptkb:Venezuela
gptkbp:culturalPractice	mythology communal living endocannibalism
gptkbp:diet	gptkb:fish fruits manioc plantains wild game
gptkbp:governedBy	Yanomami Territory (Brazil)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Yanomami Indigenous People
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Yanomaman_languages
gptkbp:languageFamily	Yanomaman
gptkbp:languageStatus	endangered
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Amazon_rainforest
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:BBC gptkb:National_Geographic gptkb:The_Guardian
gptkbp:notableEvent	COVID-19 pandemic impact 1980s gold rush creation of Yanomami Park (1992)
gptkbp:notableFor	anthropological studies isolation from outside world unique social structure conflict with illegal gold miners
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Davi_Kopenawa_Yanomami
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Bruce_Albert gptkb:Napoleon_Chagnon
gptkbp:population	approximately 38,000
gptkbp:recognizedBy	FUNAI (Brazilian National Indian Foundation)
gptkbp:religion	Animism
gptkbp:socialStructure	patrilineal village-based
gptkbp:subsistence	hunter-gatherer slash-and-burn agriculture
gptkbp:threats	gptkb:disease deforestation land encroachment illegal mining
gptkbp:traditionalDress	minimal clothing
gptkbp:traditionalDwelling	shabono
gptkbp:traditionalUse	herbal remedies shamanic healing
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus	on Tentative List for World Heritage
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Orinoco_Biosphere_Reserve
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8