YAMINAWA INDIANS OF OF SOUTH AMERICA HAVE 1000 FOLKS IN PERU, BRAZIL, AND BOLIVIA. THEY LIVE WIDELY DISPERSED LIVES. SOME ESTIMATE THEY HAVE 2500 FOLKS. THEY SPEAK PANOAN LANGUAGE SEPARATELY FROM OTHERS IN PERU. THEY HAVE SUBGROUPS. SOME OF THEIR ANCESTORS WERE CAPTIVES. THE RUBBER BOOM OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT DEPOPULATION. SLAVERY, VIOLENCE AND DISEASE CAUSED SOME TO FLEE TO THE RIVERS TO BE AWAY FROM THE ANGLOS.
THEY WERE TRADITIONALLY A FORAGING GROUP. DURING THE 1960'S SOME OF THEM CAME INTO CONTINUAL CONTACT WITH WHITES AND HAVE BECOME AGRICULTURALISTS, HUNTERS, AND FISHERS. THEY PREFER MOBILITY VS SEDENTARY. IT HAS RENDERED THEIR AGRICULTURAL EFFORTS LESS PROFITABLE. THEY KNEW SPANISH, PORTUGUESE AND IN ADDITION TO THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND WEAR WESTERN CLOTHING. SOME BANDS ARE VERY ISOLATED. THEY HAVE RAIDS. THEY LIVE IN A SPARSELY POPULATED FOREST. THE RICH DIVERISTY OF THE YAMINAW'S SOCIAL ORDER IS FLOURISHED. THEIR RITUALS INVOLVE HEAVY DRINKING AND DANCING. THEY LACK FORMALITIES. THEY HAVE NO TRADITIONS. THE AUTHOR ATTENDED A FEAST IN 1992 - IT WAS THE HOME COMING OF A SCHOOL TEACHER AND THE BIRTHDAY OF A YOUNG GIRL. THEY HAVE A VERY LOOSE SOCIAL TRADITION.
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