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In South America, a vast, forested area of the Amazon River basin in Brazil and neighboring countries is by far the largest rain forest in the world. It encompasses more than 1.4 million square miles, which is about half of the total global rain forest cover. Despite their uniqueness and extraordinary value, tropical rain forests are being destroyed and badly degraded at an unsustainable rate. Indigenous people within the Amazon rely heavily on its environmental aspect and its demolition directly affects them. The Yanomami tribe is a prime example and shows the negative effects of interaction between natives and foreign invaders and how it is detrimental to their future. The Yanomami are an indigenous tribe made up of four subdivisions of Indians that live in the tropical rain forest of Southern Venezuela and Northern Brazil. They believe that their fate, and the fate of all people, is inescapably linked to the fate of the environment and with its destruction humanity is committing suicide. To them, land is everything and everything upon it is treated with respect. They do not look at their land as something they can use to advance their economic standing, but as a way to live. The Yanomami have had very little contact