Interconnecting Waiwai Theories of Nature, Society, and Identity: An Exploration of Our Understanding of the Relationships Between Amerindians in Southern Guyana, Their Ambient Environment and Their Perceptions of Community and PersonhoodUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 2005 - 259 pages |
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Ekati Personhood Discourse and Narrative | 20 |
Those Dirty Filthy Recalcitrant Refractory Intractable Indians Historical | 47 |
Anthropology and the Waiwai in Ethnography | 103 |
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