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*BOOKS TO BE PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH AND IN FRENCH
- Leonardo explains some important Kukama tools & artifacts
-Bow and Arrow ("Kanupi") used to fish or to fight
*corinoniac Ritual involved in MANUFACTURING
-PROCESS - ARROW BECOMES PART OF "PERSON"
-Tools HAVE THEIR OWN "WILL"
*ARROWS USED IN CHILDBIRTH (DIFFICULT BIRTHS)
-Rivers flood this whole AREA EAch YEAR
KUKAMA myth tells of destruction of earth by flood. ONE MAN SURVIVED. God told MAN to make circle on land + dig with hands. Man found yucca. Kukama use tools to protect & preserve yucca from floods by putting the on canoes. Yucca is then put in hole in ground. Yucca can be stored this way up to 3 yrs. Yucca in holes feed people when all else is flooded. Special tool used to dry out yucca. 
- "Kumata" baskets used to strain yucca juice. 
- "Frariña" - dried yucca
- Masks are important to Kukam people
"faces of people who live inside river"
Many stories about these people who have fallen into river & died. These people become other beings. 
- Stories used to explain struggle via radio and organized people living in the area. 
- Oil spills; river highway construction
African palms, save Amazon, save language
- Kukama language school