Talk:Yanomami women

endocannibalism
endocannibalism mentions Yanomami, but should it not link to THIS article ?

G. Robert Shiplett 11:48, 3 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Why? Boneyard90 (talk) 12:11, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Dubious Source
Five references in this article point to an amateur web page called "Yanomamo Wedding and Marriage Traditions.", which appears to be a research paper written by Gina Micheli. The paper does not, in my opinion, constitute a reliable source of information for Wikipedia: it is poorly written with numerous factual errors and generalizations. It seems to be a student's term paper that she has posted on the web.

I would propose removing this reference, if there are no objections. More trustworthy references can be culled from ethnographic and historical literature, such as the others already cited in this article. Cmacauley (talk) 16:15, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

This article seems like a load of crap- racist, ethnocentric westernized viewpoints and suppositions about a people they do not know or understand. March 2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.53.80.46 (talk) 01:54, 8 March 2013 (UTC) http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/8997

Totally agree with user above. I notice that Napoleon Chagnon's work is the primary source for the information in this article, which is problematic because his characterizations of the Yanomami people as "fiercely violent" have been widely discredited over the decades. Fellow anthropologist Marshall Sahlins has long criticized Chagnon's characterizations of the Yanomami, which can be seen here in this review of a Patrick Tierney book in 2000. http://anthroniche.com/darkness_documents/0246.htm Also, a Februrary 2013 NPR report on Chagnon: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/02/26/172951757/the-napoleon-chagnon-wars-flare-up-again-in-anthropology Pinko1977 (talk) 03:42, 20 June 2013 (UTC)


 * FYI, Tierney's work has been thoroughly discredited. Both Sahlins and Chagnon have published controversial works, but Chagnon has not been discarded by any means. This Wikipedia article relies heavily on his older publications, which contain some glaring falsehoods, and which he revised repeatedly and extensively. Newer publications from all authors should be consulted. Cmacauley (talk) 16:17, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Plagiarism
There is a bit of plagiarism on this article from http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/yanomami

Under "Domestic Life", four sentences read,
 * Although hunting accounts for only 10% of Yanomami food, amid men it is considered the most reputable of skills and meat is greatly valued by everyone. No hunter ever eats the meat that he has killed. Instead he shares it out among friends and family. In return, he will be given meat by another hunter.

The Survival International website reads,
 * Although hunting accounts for only 10% of Yanomami food, amongst men it is considered the most prestigious of skills and meat is greatly valued by everyone. No hunter ever eats the meat that he has killed. Instead he shares it out among friends and family. In return, he will be given meat by another hunter.

Te Karere (talk) 01:16, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Menstruation
Where is the evidence Yanomami girls have menarche about 10-12? All the data I've seen say the typical age of menarche is about 12-15 which is consistent with other Amazonian tribes.


 * Please sign your posts.
 * Chagnon makes this statement in his 1992 book on the Yanomami. Determining age is problematic in Yanomami society as they have no numbers in their language, beyond one, two and "more than two". Also, obviously, they don't celebrate birthdays. Some missionaries who have spent decades with the Yanomami have provided anecdotal evidence that menarche is "around ten years of age", but there is no scientific data to support or disprove this assertion. I included it here because Chagnon stated this, and because there's no good reason to think he was wrong. If you have seen data proving otherwise, please cite it appropriately in your edit. Cmacauley (talk) 13:22, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
This article is the subject of an educational assignment at Hunter College, CUNY supported by WikiProject Indigenous peoples of the Americas and the Wikipedia Ambassador Program&#32;during the 2012 Q1 term. Further details are available on the course page.

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