AMERINDIAN TESTIMONIES
edited by Janette Forte and Ian
Melville
(1989)
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FOREWORD:
While research among indigenous South American peoples has increased
dramatically in the past two decades, Guyana remains little known to many
scholars. In Amerindian Testimonies Janette Forte and Ian Melville
provide a unique collection of ethnographic vignettes, documented through
interviews of 22 Amerindian school teachers from the interior of Guyana. The
accounts demonstrate the diversity and richness of the Amerindian
experience. Seen through the eyes of those caught up in the rapid
transformation of Amerindian lifeways, the book provides a non-traditional
rendering of the geography, ethnography and history of the region. Important
and previously unpublished ethnobiological data are presented in the volume.
The publication of Amerindian Testimonies is supported by the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs. It represents an ongoing interaction between researchers at the University of Guyana and the Anthropology program at Boise State University. These efforts support the continuing development of anthropological research in Guyana and preservation of the Amerindian cultural heritage. We believe that Forte and Melville's work significantly contributes to that end.