The Organizational System Of Yanomami - 994 Words

The Organizational System of Yanomami The world aggregates a lot of small societies, and groups, and each group has its own culture and economic system. Yanomami is located in the Amazon forest, in the south of Venezuela and northern Brazil and is one of the largest tribes in the Amazon. This group has an appealing history, because of the aggressive way they responded to anthropologists who tried to investigate more about them. Due to their reactions against anthropologist, it is a challenge to do a research in their lifestyle. Their method of subsistence is considered old-fashioned. The economic system is based in foraging and trades, and recently they started using the horticulture. â€Å"Horticulture can be defined as farming without the use of technologies like the plow, irrigation, fertilizer or draft animals.† (Eller, 134) Talk about their economic system is interesting because, as an indigenous group their resources are limited and they have not good relationship with t he western civilization. Historically, they have been facing ecological problems. In 1975, a mineralogical survey revealed the presence of gold in Yanomami’s land, since then they have been fighting against miners, because they brought diseases and killed many Yanomamis. Economy is what ensures the sustainability of a society. It is important that a group has an independent economic system. Yanomami is not completely independent, because they depend on the natural resources Amazon forest provides to them.