YANOMAMI TRIBES

WHERE ARE THE YANOMAMI TRIBE LOCATED?

• The yanomami tribe live in villages,
• Located in the amazon rainforest,
• Which lies on the border of Brazil
• And Venezuela.

WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF THE YANOMAMI TRIBE?

• The tribe normally consist
• Of Around 50 to 400 people,
• but village sizes vary.

WHAT LANGUAGE DO YANOMAMI TRIBES SPEAK?

• The four main languages
• They speak are yanomami,
• Yanomamo, yanam and
• Sanuma.

WHAT DO THE YANOMAMI EAT?

• They live on things like
• Fruit, they grow their own
• Bananas and hunt fish and
• Animals.

WHAT DO YANOMAMI WEAR?

• They wear loin cloths and dye
• Them different colours using
• Berries.

WHAT DO THE YANOMAMI LIVE IN?

• The yanomami tribe live in
• Big round houses shared
• With members of their
• Community, they name them
• Shabonos or yanos, they sleep

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• Over 400 tribes.
• The tribes spend a lot of
• Their time there.

HOW THE YANOMAMI WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY?

• The yanomami split their
• Tasks between them so
• The men hunt for food and
• The women grow crops
• In the gardens they collect

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• Nuts, shellfish and insect
• Larve. The yanomami highly enjoy
• Honey and grow 15 different kinds
• Of it. The yanomami are verry
• Intelligent and use around 500

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• Plants for food, medicine,
• House making and lots
• More. Basically they all
• Work together for their
• Survival of their tribe.

WHAT PROBLEMS DO THE YANOMAMI FACE?

• The problems the tribes face
• Are people working illegally
• On their lands, diseases such
• As malaria being spread and
• Rivers being polluted with

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• Mercury. Health of the tribes
• Are being threatened and
• Critital care which is needed
• Is not reaching them in time.
• All of the yanomami tribes are at risk!!

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES

THIS IS WHERE THEY LIVE

YANOMAMI TRIBE

YANOMAMI FAMILY

YANOMAMI TRIBES HUNTING

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