Ana omamõya G̃oxoraka ã 'This is the way my grandfather killed a Zoró'

This story relates one of the numerous skirmishes in the continuously warlike relations between the Suruí of Rondônia (or, according to their autodenomination,
Paiter) and their indigenous neighbors. It is representative of the Suruí narrative
genre. Suruí is a language of the Mondé family of the Tupian stock. The Suruí live
in the Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land, on the border between the Brazilian
states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso, near the city of Cacoal. The speakers of Suruí now number about 1,200 individuals; this population has increased steadily
since the 1970s, when measles, flu and tuberculosis epidemics broke out after
their first peaceful contact with the Brazilian society in 1969, causing a demographic crisis. Although the Suruí traditionally lived in just one or two villages,
they are now scattered among more than 20 settlements along the boundaries of
their land, which remains an island of rainforest surrounded by cattle ranchers
(see Figure 1). Slash-and-burn horticulture and hunting have been replaced by
coffee farming, illegal logging, and environmentalist projects. War with neighboring Indian groups and White settlers have ceased and numerous matrimonial
bonds now tie the Suruí to their former enemies. Thus, although the events narrated here evoke a world vividly experienced by the generations born before the
1960s, this past is very different from the daily life of the young adults today,
who form a large part of the audience of such narratives.

This dataset contains the mediafiles. A glossed version with annotations is found in
On this and other worlds -- Voices from Amazonia
Edited by Kristine Stenzel and Bruna Franchetto