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Crushed Capsicum chacoense Hunz Fruits: A Food Native Resource of Paraguay with Antioxidant and Anthelmintic Activity. [PDF]
Int J Food Sci, 2022 The nutritional composition and toxicity of native plants with food potential like Capsicum chacoense are important for the safe use of populations and could be used as a source for searching for new drug candidates. Infections produced by parasites such as helminths are a public health concern for many countries.
Coronel E +3 more
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Los sarode ayoreo en el tiempo. Formas y valores en el contacto intercultural
América Crítica, 2019 Este trabajo analiza un material etnográfico, recogido (en las décadas de 1960 y 1970) por los etnólogos argentinos Marcelo Bórmida y Mario Califano, que deja entrever la oscilación de sus informantes y traductores entre la vida “tradicional” en el monte
María Cristina Dasso
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Revisiting the Diego Blood Group System in Amerindians: Evidence for Gene-Culture Comigration. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 International audienceSix decades ago the DI*A allele of the Diego blood group system was instrumental in proving Native American populations originated from Siberia. Since then, it has received scant attention.
Bégat C +3 more
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A protocol for a systematic literature review: comparing the impact of seasonal and meteorological parameters on acute respiratory infections in Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. [PDF]
Syst Rev, 2017 Background: Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, and are often linked to seasonal and/or meteorological conditions.
Bishop-Williams KE +5 more
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Annals of Human Genetics, Volume 87, Issue 5, Page 210-221, September 2023., 2023 Abstract During the colonial period in South America, many autochthonous populations were affected by relocation by European missionary reductions and other factors that impacted and reconfigured their genetic makeup. Presently, the descendants of some “reduced” and other isolated groups are distributed in the Amazonian areas of Peru, Bolivia, and ...
José R. Sandoval +6 more
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OF FERAL AND OBEDIENT COWS: Colonization as Domestication in the Paraguayan Chaco
Cultural Anthropology, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 8-35, February 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT In the Paraguayan Chaco, cattle evoke images of power, prosperity, and celebration, but they also trigger one of the quickest deforestation processes in the world. The presence of cattle in the region has deep historical roots, dating back to the beginning of the colonization process, when the establishment of a double economy based on cattle ...
VALENTINA BONIFACIO
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Diverse Articulations of Urban Indigeneity among Lowland Indigenous Groups in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 37-52, January 2022., 2022 This article contrasts politico‐legal understandings of indigeneity to the lived experiences of urban residents in Santa Cruz (Bolivia) who belong to distinct lowland indigenous groups and whose specific demands are often not addressed by government authorities.
Philipp Horn
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Revista Ñanduty, 2022 Esse ensaio, que rende uma justa homenagem a Peter Gow, tem como objetivo explorar a intuição lévi-straussiana, a partir de uma noção de conjunto, de que o contraste proposto entre mitos e sistemas de parentesco não restringiria a aplicação da fórmula ...
Leif Grünewald
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Dixit, 2022 EAMI, el cuarto largometraje de Paz Encina, recupera el interés ético de la directora paraguaya en la construcción de una memoria ya presente en sus películas previas, pero asume aquí una cosmopolítica que redefine las relaciones entre humanos y no ...
Irene Depetris Chauvin
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Ujnarone Chosite: Ritual Poesis, Curing Chants and Becoming Ayoreo in the Gran Chaco
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2011 Ujnarone Chosite: Ritual Poesis, Curing Chants and Becoming Ayoreo in the Gran Chaco. This essay describes the ujnarone curing chants among the so-called Ayoreo Indians of the Bolivian and Paraguayan Gran Chaco as a communicative and media technology ...
Lucas Bessire
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