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Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, name also written Davi Kobenawä Yanomamö (born Toototobi, Brazil, c. 1956), is a Yanomami shaman and Portuguese-speaking spokesperson for the Yanomami Indians in Brazil. He became known for his advocacy regarding tribal issues and Amazon rainforest conservation when the tribal rights organization Survival International invited him to accept the Right Livelihood Award on its behalf in 1989. Yanomami spoke to both the British and Swedish parliaments about the catastrophic impact on Yanomami health as a consequence of the illegal invasion of their land by 40,000 ‘garimpeiros’ or goldminers. Prince Charles publicly called the situation ‘genocide’.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales titled The Rainforest Lecture for Friends of the Earth, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew )〕 In a seven-year period from 1987-1993 one fifth of the Yanomami died from malaria and other diseases transmitted by the miners.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Disinherited – Indians in Brazil )〕 ==Early life and education== Davi Kopenawa Yanomami was born near the Rio Toototobi near the border of Venezuela. He learned Portuguese from a Christian mission run by New Tribes Mission, an American evangelical organization specializing in the proselytization of isolated peoples. The acquisition of Portuguese language proficiency (then rare among the Yanomami) enabled Yanomami to interact with Brazil's Lusophone majority both directly and through the mass media.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cultural Survival Davi Kopenawa Yanomami )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Report of the Medical Team of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro on Accusations Contained in Patrick Tierney's ''Darkness in El Dorado'' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Tribes Mission )〕 In his own words translated from Portuguese: Yanomami is the son-in-law of another traditional tribal leader with whom he apprenticed to be a shaman. His wife lost much of her family to measles and other diseases brought to the area in the 1970s by road construction crews and ''garimpeiros'' (small-time gold miners). Yanomami has mentioned this as part of his personal motivation to speak out on his people's behalf.〔 Yanomami was orphaned as a child when his parents died from diseases transmitted by outsiders.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Davi Kopenawa Yanomami biography )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Davi Kopenawa Yanomami」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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