Query: Yanomami (Yanoama)
Group with Village Chieftan
John Fortenberry expedition photographs from Venezuela
Creators:
Fortenberry, John
Dates:
1985
Size:
17 Photographic prints (color)
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.342
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

This collection includes 17 photographic color prints made by John Fortenberry on a 1985 expedition with Canadian psychologists to the Amazonas region and Orinoco river in Venezuela. Photographs were made among the Yanomami (Yanoama) community, and possibly among the Piaroa and Ye'kuana (Makiritare/Mayagone) communities as well.

Digital Content Available

in NMAI.AC.342 for Yanomami (Yanoama)

Archival
Materials
Terence Turner papers
Creators:
Turner, Terence
Dates:
1938-1942
1952-2015
bulk 1964-2008
Size:
56.6 Linear feet (100 document boxes, 4 half-document boxes, 21 shoe boxes, 1 oversize box, and 10 map folders)
86 Sound cassettes
72 Sound tape reels (5")
21 Sound tape reels (3")
4 Sound cassettes (microcassette)
3 Sound tape reels (7")
157 Videocassettes (VHS)
48 Videocassettes (MiniDV)
11 Videodiscs (DVD)
10 Videocassettes (U-matic)
6 Electronic discs (DVD)
2 Film reels (Approximately 3200 feet)
1 Videocassettes (VHS-C)
1 Videocassettes (Hi8)
1 Videocassettes (Video 8)
Collection ID:
NAA.2020-03
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Terence "Terry" Sheldon Turner (1935-2015) was best known for his ethnographic work among the Mebêngôkre (Kayapó) people of the Amazon rainforest and his work as an activist for the Mebêngôkre and other communities. This collection documents his interest in the Mebêngôkre and his work as a human rights activist. It includes field notes, censuses, papers, notes, correspondence, news clippings, sound recordings, films, photographs, charts and diagrams, genealogy and kinship information, and computer discs.

in NAA.2020-03 for Yanomami (Yanoama)