La préhistoire des basses terres de l’Est de l’Uruguay et du Sud du Brésil by José M. López Mazz

“…At the beginning of this period people arrived from Amazonia (Arawak and Guarani). Charrua and Güenoa/Minuan tribes (well known in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries) were the historical heirs of this long process.…”
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Ciudadanos de la comunidad. Appropriation de la bureaucratie et expérience de la « communauté » chez les Matsigenka (Amazonie péruvienne) by Raphaël Colliaux

“…This article examines how some members of the Matsigenka ethnic group, an Arawak population from the south-east of the Peruvian Amazon, take ownership of and relate to the administrative unit in which they are now grouped together: the comunidad nativa (“indigenous community”). …”
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La métamorphose de Yurupari : flûtes, trompes et reproduction rituelle dans le Nord-Ouest amazonien by Dimitri Karadimas

“…Making a comparison between some ethnographical data from the Miraña, from the Tukano speaking groups of the Vaupes and from the Arawak groups north of the area, it appears that a solitary wasp is the common element of these mythological figures. …”
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L’autonomisation des Églises baniwa. Genèse et institutionnalisation d’un mouvement évangélique amérindien (Amazonie brésilienne) by Élise Capredon

“…The case study of the Baniwa, an indigenous group of the Brazilian Amazon, reveals on the contrary the emergence of a long-lasting Amerindian Christian movement in the Upper Rio Negro region. The Baniwa, an Arawak-speaking people, have converted to evangelicalism, since the mid-20th century. …”
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As Spirits Speak: Interaction in Wauja Exoteric Ritual by Christopher Ball

“…I examine a Wauja (Xingu Arawak) ritual session of « bringing spirits », wherein a sick person is aided by a conversation he has with the spirit-monsters that are afflicting him, whom he hopes by virtue of this very conversation to turn from pathogenic to guardian spirits. …”
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AMANSAR, FAMILIARIZAR, ANIMALIZAR: TÉCNICAS PARA HACER PERROS CAZADORES EN LA AMAZONÍA1 by Gesinei dos Santos Labontê, Gabriel Sanchez, Ramiro Esdras Carneiro batista, Felipe Vander Velden

“…Basado en datos de tres poblaciones indígenas de diferentes regiones e idiomas -palikur- arukwayene (arawak), kujubim (txapakura) y karitiana (tupi-arikêm)- este artículo busca dilucidar algunas cuestiones sobre la posición de los perros (Canis lupus familiaris) en los mundos amerindios. …”
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