23. The Spirit of the Forest

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Maps ix
5. Setting the Scene 1
6. Words Given 11
7. I. Becoming Other
8. 1. Drawn Words 17
9. 2. The First Shaman 27
10. 3. The Xapiri’s Gaze 34
11. 4. The Animal Ancestors 55
12. 5. The Initiation 75
13. 6. Spirits’ Houses 97
14. 7. Image and Skin 113
15. 8. The Sky and the Forest 129
16. II. Metal Smoke
17. 9. Outsider Images 155
18. 10. First Contacts 168
19. 11. The Mission 186
20. 12. Becoming a White Man? 205
21. 13. The Road 221
22. 14. Dreaming the Forest 240
23. 15. Earth Eaters 261
24. 16. Cannibal Gold 282
25. III. The Falling Sky
26. 17. Talking to White People 299
27. 18. Stone Houses 316
28. 19. Merchandise Love 326
29. 20. In the City 341
30. 21. From One War to Another 357
31. 22. The Flowers of Dream 370
32. 23. The Spirit of the Forest 381
33. 24. The Shamans’ Death 401
34. Words of Omama 412
35. How This Book Was Written 424
36. Map 458
37. Appendix A. Ethnonym, Language, and Orthography 459
38. Appendix B. The Yanomami in Brazil 462
39. Appendix C. Watoriki 469
40. Appendix D. The Haximu Massacre 476
41. Notes 489
42. Ethnobiological Glossary 575
43. Geographic Glossary 587
44. References 595
45. Acknowledgments 609
46. Index 611