Web Sites for Supplementary Reading in ANTH 212

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (212) 

Yanomamö

•    Yanomamo in Venezuela Demand Land Rights

• Yanomamö Time Allocation

• Yanomamö Health: The Effects of El Nino and Parental Loss (requires Acrobat Reader)

• A tutorial on Yanomamö kinship and social organization

•   Hutukara : An NGO run by Yanomamo in Brazil and advocating for Yanomamo rights. 

Zapotec

• A brief description of muxe among the Zapotecs

• Ancient Zapotec Hieroglyphic Language

• Zapotec Language and History http://www.sil.org/mexico/zapoteca/00i-zapoteca.htm (in Spanish)

• Zapotec Funeral http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/crosengren/crzapotecfuneral.html

Inuit and Netsilik

• Learn  how to build an igloo

• Native Canadian (First Peoples) political organization

• Arctic Peoples in general (strong Inuit emphasis). An excellent site!

• Amundsen's Encounter with the Netsilik (middle section)