Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
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Ethnographic fieldwork conducted in 1998 and 1999 on the health situation of the Terena people of the
Kopenoti Indigenous Área, interior of the state of São Paulo, attested to the precarious life conditions
of the community. Families were hungry, the children emaciated, and various ailments, including
anemia, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and alcoholism were rampant. Adults relied heavily on anti-
depressants and other psychotropics, such as Valium and Prozac, to “tolerate life” (Ferreira 2005,
1999d).
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The term Pa'ikwené means, in the Pa'ikwaki language (affiliated to the Arawak linguistic family)
“the people of the river of the middle,” alluding to the geographic position of the Urukauá river, at the
mouth of the Amazon river, state of Amapá. The Palikur also speak Portuguese, French, and Patois - a
mixture of the former (Capiberibe 2002).
5
According to
http://instituto.antropos.com.br/
(accessed on 05/25/2011).
6
See (Ascher 2004, Bazin et al. 2002, Closs 1986, D'Ambrosio 1990, Lumpkin 1997a & b, Nelson
et al. 1993, Powell and Frankenstein 1997, and Zaslavsky 1998.
7
See, for instance, Ascher & Ascher 1991, Carraher et al. 1991, Cole et al. 1971, Cossio 1987,
D'Ambrosio 1999, Gerdes 1999, and Lave 1988.
