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Author Kopenawa, Davi.

Title The falling sky : words of a Yanomami shaman / Davi Kopenawa, Bruce Albert ; translated by Nicholas Elliott and Alison Dundy.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Masschusetts : the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2013]

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 KOPENAWA, DAV    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 622 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary The Falling Sky is a remarkable first-person account of the life story and cosmoecological thought of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon. Representing a people whose very existence is in jeopardy, Davi Kopenawa paints an unforgettable picture of Yanomami culture, past and present, in the heart of the rain forest, a world where ancient indigenous knowledge and shamanic traditions cope with the global geopolitics of an insatiable natural resources extraction industry.--from book jacket
Subject Kopenawa, Davi.
Shamans -- Brazil -- Biography.
Yanomamo Indians -- Brazil -- Biography.
Yanomamo Indians -- History -- 20th century.
Shamanism -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
Added Author Albert, Bruce, 1952-
Added Title Chute du ciel. English
ISBN 9780674724686 alkaline paper
0674724682 alkaline paper
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