Johannes Wilbert

Comprising nearly 30,000 individuals, the Warao of the Orinoco Delta in northeastern Venezuela are one of the largest contemporary Indian societies of Amazonia. Survival under the extreme ecological conditions of the deltaic marshland, however, demands of its occupants exceptional adaptive agility and an affirmative disposition toward acculturative change. In Mindful of Famine, Johannes Wilbert presents the Warao's response to the climatological challenge of their homeland, deftly weaving the strands of geographic, atmospheric, biological, and cultural lore and learning into a rich tapestry of environmental wisdom.

Religious Climatology of the Warao Indians

Mindful of Famine

Karin Simoneau

Marcelo Bórmida

Folk Literature of the Ayoreo Indians

Bruce Albert

Folk Literature of the Yanomami Indians

The Indians of Venezuela -- The hunters: the Yanoama of territorio Amazonas -- The fisherman: the Warao of the Orinoco delta -- The cultivators: the Makiritare of territorio Amazonas -- The pastoralists: the Goajiro of the La Guajira peninsula

Four Indian Cultures of South America

Survivors of Eldorado

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Folk Literature of the Warao Indians

Maggiorino Borgatello

Folk Literature of the Tehuelche Indians

David M. Guss

River Indians of Venezuela

Navigators of the Orinoco

Riena Louise Weidman Kondo

Folk Literature of the Sikuani Indians

Johannes Wilbert

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