The iCross-Cultural Citizen Project-Our Indigenous World: Kayapo

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Marriage and Family

The ideal candidates for marriage are the the young teenage woman of the village. Their partners are usually suggested by the family and their marriage isn't set in stone until the birth of their first child. Eventually every husband will have two to three wives with a couple of children running around. It is also a normal custom for Kayapo Indians to get married, split, and then remarry several times. The Kayapo practice monogamy. When a man marries he leaves what is known as the men's house to live under his wife's household yet the women never leave their maternal home. A home may consist of a mother and her husband as well as her daughters and their husband and children; when a home exceeds 40 people a new home is built to accommodate everyone.

(n.d.).

2006 Kayapos. Electronic Document,

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Brazil-to-Congo-Republic-of/Kayapos.html

O'Neill, M.

2012 Kayapo tribe. Electronic Document.

http://prezi.com/plt9xncxi4c2/kayapo-tribe/

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Mission: The iCross-Cultural Citizen Project is a cultural anthropology course-based project meant to raise critical consciousness about the rich cultural diversity in our indigenous world (in our planet). Being totally aware of the limitations of being outsiders, we are a group of multidisciplinary undergraduate students who believe in cross-cultural sensitivity and participatory agency aimed at disseminating information about indigenous realities as accurately as possible.

Vision: The iCross-Cultural Citizen Project’s vision is to create an online cross-cultural space for students, professionals, and youth to learn and exchange cross-culturally sensitive information about contemporary indigenous experiences. From that outsider student’s perspective, we will try to theoretically explore possible collaborative solutions to problems that affect the indigenous populations of our planet. Finally, we hope for the future creation of a space where indigenous youth can share their experiences and their realities with us for real mutual collaboration to take place.

Values:

1. We value the maximization of benefits to indigenous peoples and vulnerable populations in the world.

2. We value the respect for persons all over the world.

3. We value the equal treatment of people, and we are against the exploitation of vulnerable groups around the world.

4. We value collaborative cross-cultural learning and critical thinking