The tribes have been around since the beginning of time. They are often intelligent, innovative and self-sufficient, all without the use of modern technology. A great example of this is the Yanomami tribe. They are one of the last completely isolated and non-urbanized tribes in the world. The Yanomami have managed to remain isolated from society for over a hundred years and now that is starting to change. Cities along the border between Brazil and Venezuela are expanding and occupying Yanomami land. Along with the expansion of Brazil and Venezuela, gold miners are invading tribal lands and destroying their environment and health. The tribe has no real way to protect itself; they do not use or possess modern weapons and the government takes no action to help. The isolation the tribe has managed to maintain contributes to their interesting lifestyle, but outside sources threaten their culture. Another reason the Yanomami are under attack is because they live on valuable land that miners have great interest in. Although they are under attack, many people do not feel empathetic towards their situation, this is because they have a bad reputation surrounding them. Due to mass industrialization, the Yanomami tribe of the southern Amazon may lose its rich existence and culture. Spread across seventy thousand square miles of the Amazon rainforest, the Yanomami tribe resides and maintains their culture without intrusion. Their culture has evolved just like that of a modern society, but their way of life is very different. The tribe chooses to live in communal housing; large round dwellings called shaponos. The shapono are made of wood and are completely built by the people of the tribe (1). Fam......middle of paper......1(7) Eakin, Emily. "How Napoleon Chagnon Became Our Most Controversial Anthropologist." Nytimes.com. NP, February 13, 2013. Web.Page 2(8) McKay, Brett, and Kate McKay. "The Yanomamö and the Origins of Male Honor." The art of virility RSS. NP, June 10, 2013. Web.Page 3(9) Burke, Peter J. Contemporary Social Psychological Theories. Stanford, CA: Stanford SocialSciences, 2006. Print.Page 1(10) “Schema Theory.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 August 2013. Web.Page 2(4b) Turner, Terence. ""I fight because I'm alive": an interview with Davi KopenawaYanomami." Cultural survival. NP, March 3, 2010. Web.Page 4(4c) Turner, Terence. ""I fight because I'm alive": an interview with Davi KopenawaYanomami." Cultural survival. NP, 03 March 2010. Web page 4