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…showed last 75 words of 1208 total…fluent in Spanish and have become Christians. Others have developed relationships with miners or lumberjacks and have entered the modern European society. The introduction of western civilization has impacted the way the Yanomamo live. Western diseases and medical methods have made the Yanomamo dependant on missions to survive. They have also had to learn to involve themselves in government in order to lobby for the preservation of their life style, culture and rights to lands.