Indigenous Rainforest Peoples
Learn about Indigenous rainforest peoples, including the Yanomami. Describe forest materials used for homes, food gardens, hunting, fishing and gathering. Explain how forest knowledge is learned and shared across generations.
What a learner can do afterwards
- Explain that Indigenous rainforest peoples have ties to their homelands across many generations
- Describe ways Yanomami communities use forest materials and obtain food, including gardens, hunting, fishing and gathering
- Explain why shared forest knowledge deserves respect and why unknown plants must not be tasted or used as medicine
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Rainforests are homes for people too. Indigenous peoples have ties to their homelands across many generations. These generations include children, parents, grandparents and earlier family members. Their connections to the land reach far back in time. The Yanomami are one of many Indigenous rainforest peoples. They live in the Amazon rainforest.
Homes differ between communities. Some Yanomami communities share a large home called a shabono. It surrounds an open space. Wood supports the home. Palm leaves cover the roof, and vines can tie building materials together.
Yanomami communities grow food in gardens. They also hunt animals, fish and gather forest foods. This does not mean every family gets every meal in the same way.
People learn about forest plants and animals through experience and by sharing knowledge. An elder can explain a plant to a child. Listening to people explain their own knowledge shows respect.
Some forest plants are used as medicine. This does not make every plant safe. Never taste an unknown plant or use it as medicine. Ask a trusted adult for help.
Yanomami communities use forest materials, grow and gather food, and share forest knowledge. Their knowledge deserves respect.
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Learning about rainforest homes
The Yanomami are Indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest. Their communities have ties to their homelands across many generations.
A shabono is a large shared home used by some communities. Wood, palm leaves and vines have different jobs in building it. Homes and ways of living differ between communities.
People grow food in gardens. They also hunt, fish and gather forest foods. These activities do not tell us everything about every family's meals.
Forest knowledge can be learned through experience and shared with younger people. We can listen to community members explain what they know.
Some plants are used as medicine. Never taste an unknown plant or use it as medicine. Ask a trusted adult for help.
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