Plants and animals in the life of the Kuna /

Plants and animals in the life of the Kuna /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ventocilla, Jorge, 1955-
Uniform title:	Plantas y animales en la vida del pueblo Kuna. English
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 1995.
Description:	xv, 150 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Translations from Latin America series
Subject:	Cuna Indians -- Ethnobiology. Environmental protection -- Panama. Ethnobiology -- Panama. Environmental protection. Ethnobiology. Panama.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2377150

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Other authors / contributors:	Herrera, Heraclio. Nùñez, Valerio, 1956- Roeder, Hans.
ISBN:	0292787251 (cloth : alk. paper) 029278726X (paper : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Baba's Creation
2. Ready to Change?
3. The Kuna
4. Rivers and Mountains
5. Terrestrial Fauna
6. Hunting in Gangandi
7. Money Creates Hunger
8. Submarine "Deforestation"
9. The Spirit of the Uaga
10. Medicinal Plants
11. The Ueruk Palm
12. To Be or Not to Be
Epilogue
Appendix A. Scientific and Vernacular Names of Plants and Animals
Appendix B. Kuna Communities
Glossary
Bibliography
Authors
Index