Beginning fieldwork -- A theoretical framework and methodology -- The changing world of the Bakairí Indians -- Bakairí demography, households, fertility, and mortality -- Making a living, Bakairí style -- Living and working in groups -- Bakairí gender constructs in modern times -- The Bakairí and their dancing masks -- Leading the Bakairí into the twenty-first century -- Projections and conclusions about the Bakairí's future -- The Bakairí : Indians, ethnic minority, or both?
