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• South American Indigenous History to Invasion
• Tairona history to the time of the Spanish Invasion
• The Spanish Invasion of South America
• Bartolomé de Las Casas and his Defence of the Indians
• Early Spanish Expeditions
• The Legend of ‘El Dorado’
• Gold-smithing in Colombia at the time of the Spanish Invasion
• Tairona Gold Use in Particular
• Colonial History after Invasion
• The Kogi in the 20th century
• Threats to Kogi society, and their response - the founding of Gonavindua Tairona
• Guerrilla groups and the paramilitaries
• Tairona Culture
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  • The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
  • Tribal groups of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the 20th century
  • Kogi Religion and Cosmology
  • Time, Space and ‘declutching’ time.
  • The Role, and the Training, of the Mámas
  • Mama Bernardo’s description of the training of a Mama
  • The Nuhue - the ‘world house’, ‘men’s house’ or temple.
  • Agriculture: Theory, Practise & the Mámas Role
  • Spirituality and Materiality
  • The use of the poporo
  • The Use of ‘coca’ in South America
  • Women in Kogi society
  • Dictionary of 500 Kogi words and mythological characters
  • Wildlife of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
• About the Trust
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  • The new film: ALUNA
  • The Establishment of the Tairona Heritage Trust
  • Personnel involved with the Tairona Heritage Trust
  • Gonavindua Tairona letter
  • The film ‘From the Heart of the World - the Elder Brothers’ Warning’
  • The book ‘The Heart of the World’
  • Some Other Films about the Sierra Nevada
  • An interview with Alan Ereira (Beshara magazine)
  • Alan Ereira’s account of the Trust’s visit to Colombia in 1992
• Newsletters
  • 2012: The First Screenings of the Film
  • 2011: The year of filming
  • 2010: Visit to Domingueka
  • April 2009: The Mamas’ New Message
  • Report on Alan Ereira’s visit to the Sierra, Feb. 2007
  • 15th February 2005
  • July ‘99 newsletter
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