In 1956, in the Brazilian state of Rondonia, a group of Wari'
Indians had their first peaceful contact with whites: Protestant
missionaries and officers from the national Indian Protection
Service. On returning to their villages, the Wari' announced, "We
touched their bodies " Meanwhile the whites reported to their own
people that "the region's most warlike tribe has entered the
pacification phase " Initially published in Brazil, "Strange
Enemies" is an ethnographic narrative of the first encounters
between these peoples with radically different worldviews.
During the 1940s and 1950s, white rubber tappers invading the
Wari' lands raided the native villages, shooting and killing their
victims as they slept. These massacres prompted the Wari' to
initiate a period of intense retaliatory warfare. The national
government and religious organizations subsequently intervened,
seeking to "pacify" the Indians. Aparecida Vilaca was able to
interview both Wari' and non-Wari' participants in these
encounters, and here she shares their firsthand narratives of the
dramatic events. Taking the Wari' perspective as its starting
point, "Strange Enemies "combines a detailed examination of these
cross-cultural encounters with analyses of classic ethnological
themes such as kinship, shamanism, cannibalism, warfare, and
mythology.
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