1. Matses
Andrew Colsia

2. where does Matses live
Matses live in deep in the amazon rainforest in the javari river
valley and in Brazil and peru and located Iquitos.

3. How did their religion and social structure affect their
daily lives
The cat people is known for their former worship of the
jaguar

4. How did their religion and social structure affect their
daily lives?
the cat people have cat whisker decoration tattoos and
body paint.

5. How did their religion and social structure affect their daily lives?
then man in the tribe has one or more wives and man
kidnapped and assimilated women from other tribes or
brazilian and peruvian women.

6. How did their religion and social structure affect their daily lives?
the matses believe there is no difference between the
spiritual and physical worlds

7. How did their religion and social structure affect their daily lives?
they believe animals spirits being ubiquitous in all things
both living and inanimate object

8. How did their religion and social structure affect their daily lives?
all plants have an association with specific animal spirits

9. Interactions with Outsiders
Historically, the Matsés had only two methods of
coping with outsiders, either killing them or
integrating them into their tribe

10. Interactions with Outsiders
Most tribes in the Amazon have gone to using shotguns to
hunt their prey and rely on the outside world

11. Interactions with Outsiders
But the cat people generally no one is to enter their area
without permission

12. Interactions with Outsiders
but only guest can enter

13. Interactions with Outsiders
but they do not allow vacationers to just walk through their
villages and gawk.

14. What factors are causing their decline?
The way the matses are dieing is lack of clean water

15. What factors are causing their decline?
their are not providing hepatitis vaccinations

16. What factors are causing their decline
quinine drugs are not working hepatitis.

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