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The people who call the Amazon rainforest home are known as "native Amazonians". They live by a process called "shifting cultivation", where they live in one area and farm it and move on to a new area when the land is no longer cultivable. This method does not harm the forest and allows it to recover naturally. The native people use the wood and foliage of the forest to build huge houses. They cut down trees to create farmland and gain the materials they need to build and feed the fires. The ashes from the fires are returned to the ground and provide all kinds of nutrients for the soil. Everything the people take from the forest they give back in one way or another, making their way of life very economically friendly and not harmful to the forest. Native Amazonians do not just farm crops such as manioc, yams, beans and pumpkins, they also hunt and fish. After five harvests, the land is too damaged to use again and the people more on, however due to the increasing use of the forest by commercial businesses, the land available to these people to farm has reduced and the native people are forced to return to areas they have already used before it has had time to fully recover (a process that takes up to 50 years).
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What are bad things about native amazonians?
they hurt settlers
How long have the native amazonians lived in the rainforest?
12,000 years
Did native amazonians use kayaks?
Yes because they use them to fish from far out
What did the native amazonians want?
Want one thing: to continue their traditional way of life.
How does amazonians survive?
no
What do amazonians eat?
food
What do amazonians want?
To be left alone.
Who lives along the Amazon?
Amazonians.
What is a native Amazonians point of view on destroying the amazon?
the native Amazonians don't destroy the amazon rainforest they live in one part for about 2 years and after about 5 harvests the land isn't useful anymore so they burn it down this is called slash and burn they burn it so all the nutrients they have used go back into the ground this process takes a very long time and the Amazonians go back to the land in 50 years time and do the same again its a big nature cycle that doesn't harm anyone or anything the only thing that would harm Amazonia is cutting down the trees .
Do native amazonians play instruments?
The amazon women used weapons like bows, spears, and knives. They were mostly hunters so their weaponry was much like any other tribe.
What are facts on lemurs?
They are native to madagascar.
Facts about turkey the food?
Turkeys are native to the Americas. The native Americans domesticated turkeys.
