18900

What is the etymology of Yanomami? Unless someone pulled my leg, I was told that it was Yanomamo originally. If so, then it may be that the tribe was named by outsiders, much like Native Americans were called Indians by Columbus and others. Anibal José da Silva
Houston, Texas The Yanomamo are the most numerous and best described of the four major cultural and linguistic divisions of Yanomami, according to anthropologist R.