However, the government's austerity program has cut Funai's budget cut by a third and surveillance operations have again been suspended.
The Yanomami are organizing. They have activists groups and are becoming politically astute. They have no desire to go back to the days before steel knives, cooking utensils, flashlights, and radios, but they do want protection and the right to determine their own destiny.
Their culture has degraded, perhaps beyond repair. I'll examine next what that means to them, to us, and to anyone involved in the arean indigenous affair
related links: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shaman/yano... Bibliography of material about the Yanomami, and of organizations interested in their welfare. A great site for anyone interested in pursuing further study of this fasinating people and the conflict they're having with the modern world.
http://www.amanakaa.org/index.htm Amanaka'a Amazon Network is a nonprofit environmental education organization designed to support the peoples of the Amazon Rainforest as they struggle to maintain the cultural heritage and traditional lands. Their goal is to "make noise" in the United States and give whatever aid they can to Amazonian tribes who ask for their help. Site offers updated news and information on a variety of people, including the Yanomami.
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