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Amazon Research  Topics:

Amahuaca Tribe

Amahuacas from the Gale Student Resources in Context
An Ecological Eldorado: Peru's Manu National Park from SIRS Knowledge Source
The Amahuaca and the Spirit World (Google Search)
Hunting and Hunting Magic among the Amahuaca and the Peruvian Montana (Google Search)

Huaorani Tribe

Warriors of the Amazon from Nova - Google Search
Clash of cultures: tribal visits can be mutually rewarding and enlightening encounters--or, they can be excruciating and explorative, even seriously damaging. Richard Hammond looks at how best to ensure that your indigenous experience is an overwhelmingly positive one Magazine Article in Gale Student Resources in Context
Yasuni Blues: The IMF, Ecuador and Coerced Oil Exploitation from SIRS Knowledge Source
A delicate equation.(tourism among Huaorani people of Ecuador). from the Gale Student Resource Center - Gold

Yanomami Tribe

A race against time. (the plight of Venezuela's Yanomani people) (includes related article about the author)(Cover Story). from the Gale Student Resource Center - Gold
Once a Hidden People from EBSCO MasterFile Premier
Yanomami from SIRS Knowledge Source
Spirit of the Amazon from EBSCO MasterFile Premier

Totems 

Totem from EBSCO MasterFile Premier
Animals in Mythology
 from Gale Student Resource Center Gold
Totem from Worldbook Encyclopedia

Yeti or Mythical Beast

Mythical Creature from Google search
Bigfoot
from Saint James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Yeti from Worldbook Encyclopedia
Unseen Creatures: An introduction to the Beasts of Myths and Legend from Google .edu search

Shaman or Primitive Healers

Shaman from Columbia Encyclopedia
Shamans from EBSCO MasterFile Premier
What is a Shaman? from SIRS Knowledge Source

Deforestation and Biomes of the Amazon

The Vanishing Amazon and the Fight to Save It from Student Resources in Context
Deforestation of the Amazon: Economics and Biodiversity from Student Resources Center - Gold
Journey into Anazonia - Google Search
Deforestation from Environmental Science in Context
Biodiversity in Jeopardy from SIRS Knowledge Source
The Incredible Shrinking Amazon Rainforest from EBSCO MasterFile Premier
The Last of the Amazon from EBSCO MasterFile Premier

Natural Preservation of the Amazon

Journey into Amazonia - Sacred Ground Google Search
Be an Amazon Activist  Google Search
The Vanishing Amazon and the Fight to Save It from EBSCO MasterFile Premier
Exigencies in the Amazon from EBSCO MasterFile Premier
Saving the Rainforest from EBSCO MasterFile Premier

Mass Vaccination of a Population

The Scourge of Mankind.(re-emergence of infectious diseases that were once considered eliminated). from Student Resouce Center - Gold
Building on success.(campaign for eradication of smallpox). from Student Edition
Mandatory vaccinations: precedent and current laws.(Congressional Research Service)(Report). from Student Edition
Epidemics and Public Health from Dictionary of American History

Gem Mines

Yanomami Community Under Threat from Gale Student Resource Center -  Gold
Blood and Gold: Amazon Agony
from EBSCO MasterFile Primier
Diamonds of the Amazon from EBSCO MasterFile Primier
Assault in the Amazon: Brazil tries to drive gold miners from the rainforest home of the Stone Age Yanomami tribe from Gale Student Resource Center - Gold
Counting the Cost of Mercury Gold Mining from EBSCO MasterFile Primier

Animals of the Amazon

Amazing Amazon Animals from Student Resource Center - Gold
Journey into Amazonia - Life on the Land 
Google Search
Featured Wildlife - Waterworlds
Amazon Rainforest from EBSCO MasterFile Premier

 

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This page last updated May 12, 2011