Ana omamõya G̃oxoraka ã 'This is the way my grandfather killed a Zoró'

<p>This story relates one of the numerous skirmishes in the continuously warlike relations between the Suruí of Rondônia (or, according to their autodenomination,<br> Paiter) and their indigenous neighbors. It is representative of the Suruí narrative<br> genre. Suruí is a language of the Mondé family of the Tupian stock. The Suruí live<br> in the Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land, on the border between the Brazilian<br> states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso, near the city of Cacoal. The speakers of Suruí now number about 1,200 individuals; this population has increased steadily<br> since the 1970s, when measles, flu and tuberculosis epidemics broke out after<br> their first peaceful contact with the Brazilian society in 1969, causing a demographic crisis. Although the Suruí traditionally lived in just one or two villages,<br> they are now scattered among more than 20 settlements along the boundaries of<br> their land, which remains an island of rainforest surrounded by cattle ranchers<br> (see Figure 1). Slash-and-burn horticulture and hunting have been replaced by<br> coffee farming, illegal logging, and environmentalist projects. War with neighboring Indian groups and White settlers have ceased and numerous matrimonial<br> bonds now tie the Suruí to their former enemies. Thus, although the events narrated here evoke a world vividly experienced by the generations born before the<br> 1960s, this past is very different from the daily life of the young adults today,<br> who form a large part of the audience of such narratives.</p> <p> </p> <p>This dataset contains the mediafiles. A glossed version with annotations is found in<br> On this and other worlds -- Voices from Amazonia<br> Edited by Kristine Stenzel and Bruna Franchetto</p>