Changes in Canela Marriage over 70 Years From Authorizing to Stealing
The Canela live in the center of the Brazilian state of Maranhão, 400 miles southeast of Belém, the city at the mouth of the Amazon River.¹ They live in cerrado (tropical savanna) countryside, were pacified in 1814, and were more hunters-gatherers than food producers, though they may have furnished...
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| Published in | The Anthropology of Marriage in Lowland South America p. 221 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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University Press of Florida
09.05.2017
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| Summary: | The Canela live in the center of the Brazilian state of Maranhão, 400 miles southeast of Belém, the city at the mouth of the Amazon River.¹ They live in cerrado (tropical savanna) countryside, were pacified in 1814, and were more hunters-gatherers than food producers, though they may have furnished some 20% of their food through horticulture. These days they principally cultivate bitter manioc, dry field rice, and beans and rely on various sources of beef rather than wild game. Although there were only about 400 Canela in 1930, in 2016 they numbered around 2,000. They reside securely on a federal |
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| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctvx06x61.14 |