Sentence examples for by amerindian from inspiring English sources

A worker with one group, Matthew Squire of Britain's Voluntary Service Overseas, was instrumental a decade ago in reviving hammock making by Amerindian women of the Rupununi, as this region is called.

Most periods have been dominated by a particular tradition: the Pre-Columbian by Amerindian religious cosmologies, the Colonial by scholasticism, the Independentist by Early Modern philosophy and Enlightenment thought, and the Nationalist by positivism.

Today's descendants of the Mayan ancient Criollo cacao can therefore be considered as the products of multigenerational selection by Amerindian farmers [2], [3].

Currently, it is called huchuy piqui (or huchhuy piqui, according to Lavoveria [ 20]) or ushtuchi piki by Amerindian communities in the Highlands.

Take Bolivia, which last year left the 1961 UN convention on narcotics control because it wants legal protection for the traditional use of coca leaves, which are chewed by Amerindians and drunk as tea.

Carriacou, the largest island in the Grenadines in the South Caribbean, was settled about 400 C.E. by Amerindians from South America.

bataua is a key species in the tropical rain forests of South America because it is one of the 10 most abundant tree species and one of most used by Amerindians.

The Cuban macaw was traded and hunted by Amerindians, and by Europeans after their arrival in the 1400s.

Parrots were hunted, kept as pets, and traded by Amerindians in the Caribbean before the arrival of Europeans.

Spanish missionaries found that fever was treated by Amerindians near Loxa Peruu) with powder from Peruvian bark (later established to be from any of several trees of genus Cinchona).

However, Turvey and colleagues also observed that their Saint Kitts material consisted of older individuals than those from Nevis; thus, the size difference may result from differences in the mode of exploitation by Amerindians.