People of the Rainforest

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Yanomami Indians of the Amazon Rainforest are a group of South American Indians tribes that include many different groups. They live in 200- 250 villages in the Amazon frontier region in a forested area scattered along the Venezuela-Brazil borderlands, most in the northern part of Brazil.

 Because of the warm climate, the Yanomami have no need for much clothing. The Indians of the Amazon Basin have survived for thousands of years by farming, hunting, and fishing in the Amazon River.

Hunting and fishing have always been an important source of food for the Yanomami people, but with the deforestation of the rainforest, many of the animals that the Yanomami hunt are becoming extinct.  Many of the rivers and lakes of the Amazon are becoming polluted, and this is killing off many of the fish that the people use for food. Life seems to becoming more and more difficult for these people who are used to hunting and fishing.

Living together in large families, they build large circular huts called malocas.

We should appreciate their culture and leave it alone.