The Tribe that Hides from ManAccount of a 1967-68 amazon valley expedition led by orlando and claudio villas boas in the attempt to make contact with the kreen-akrore, an American Indian tribal peoples in Brazil - includes some aspects of traditional culture and interethnic relations and conflict, etc., and points out the difficulties involved in coercing remote tribes to accept human settlement in the national park. Illustrations and maps. |
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