@article{1476835,
      recid = {1476835},
      author = {Kopenawa, Davi,  and Albert, Bruce,  and Dundy, Alison,   and Elliott, Nicholas,  and McKibben, Bill, },
      title = {The Falling Sky : Words of a Yanomami Shaman /},
      pages = {1 online resource (648 p.)},
      abstract = {The 10th anniversary editionA Guardian Best Book about  DeforestationA New Scientist Best Book of the YearA Taipei  Times Best Book of the Year"A perfectly grounded account of  what it is like to live an indigenous life in communion  with one's personal spirits. We are losing worlds upon  worlds."-Louise Erdrich, New York Times Book Review"The  Yanomami of the Amazon, like all the indigenous peoples of  the Americas and Australia, have experienced the end of  what was once their world. Yet they have survived and  somehow succeeded in making sense of a wounded existence.  They have a lot to teach us."-Amitav Ghosh, The Guardian"A  literary treasure...a must for anyone who wants to  understand more of the diverse beauty and wonder of  existence."-New ScientistA now classic account of the life  and thought of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the  Yanomami, The Falling Sky paints an unforgettable picture  of an indigenous culture living in harmony with the Amazon  forest and its creatures, and its devastating encounter  with the global mining industry. In richly evocative  language, Kopenawa recounts his initiation as a shaman and  first experience of outsiders: missionaries, cattle  ranchers, government officials, and gold prospectors  seeking to extract the riches of the Amazon.A coming-of-age  story entwined with a rare first-person articulation of  shamanic philosophy, this impassioned plea to respect  indigenous peoples' rights is a powerful rebuke to the  accelerating depredation of the Amazon and other natural  treasures threatened by climate change and development.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1476835},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674293564},
}