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Video in the Villages, Amazon Projects: Signs Don't Speak
written by Dominique Gallois, fl. 1990 and Vincent Carelli, 1953-; directed by Vincent Carelli, 1953- and Dominique Gallois, fl. 1990, in Video in the Villages (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1996), 27 mins
The Waiapi Indians reflect on how their concept of territory has changed since the arrival of gold prospectors in the 1970s. They recognize a need to demarcate their land in order to prevent destruction of the forest by outsiders.
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written by Dominique Gallois, fl. 1990 and Vincent Carelli, 1953-; directed by Vincent Carelli, 1953- and Dominique Gallois, fl. 1990, in Video in the Villages (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1996), 27 mins
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The Waiapi Indians reflect on how their concept of territory has changed since the arrival of gold prospectors in the 1970s. They recognize a need to demarcate their land in order to prevent destruction of the forest by outsiders. The Waiãpi Indians reflect on how their concept of territory has changed since the arrival of gold prospectors in the 1970s. They recognize a need to demarcate their land in order to prevent destruction of the forest b...
The Waiapi Indians reflect on how their concept of territory has changed since the arrival of gold prospectors in the 1970s. They recognize a need to demarcate their land in order to prevent destruction of the forest by outsiders. The Waiãpi Indians reflect on how their concept of territory has changed since the arrival of gold prospectors in the 1970s. They recognize a need to demarcate their land in order to prevent destruction of the forest by outsiders. The Waiãpi use independent strategies to address the problem, building villages to warn off prospectors wherever there is gold. With the assistance of anthropologist Dominique Gallois, the Waiãpi finish official demarcation in 1996, creating a new model that allows for Indians to mark out their own territory instead of leaving the job to government contractors. This process allows Indians to know and defend their own boundaries.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Dominique Gallois, fl. 1990, Vincent Carelli, 1953-
Author / Creator
Dominique Gallois, fl. 1990, Vincent Carelli, 1953-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Video in the Villages
Topic / Theme
Waiã, Property rights, Political boundaries, Cultural change and history, Tribal and national groups, Indigenous peoples, Ethnography, Nhengatu
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© Documentary Educational Resources
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