Vieira, who gave me all attention necessary in Brazil. For my Brazilian anthropologists - friends and masters – João Pacheco de Oliveira Filho and José Augusto Laranjeiras Sampaio, I am eternally grateful for the inspiration that they have always provided to my anthropological work. I am very grateful to the anthropologist Christiano Marinho Silva, who has helped me so much with his friendship and attention on providing me with bibliographic materials necessary for my thesis. I also thank Renato Athias, who is a wise medical anthropologist working with Aboriginal peoples from Northwest and Northeast Brazil, for the support on bibliographic material and attention I needed. Clarice Mota, who have conducted such a beautiful research about the Kariri-Shoco‟s ethnobotanical knowledge, thank for the respect with my study. I am thankful also, to Parry Scott, who has always believed in me since before my Baccalaureate of Social Sciences, in my vocation and strength. My thanks also goes to all my feminist friends, especially from the Le Petit Comité, who have always shared great moments of joy and strength: Odete Vasconcelos, Lady Selma Albernaz, Clelia Joron, Katia Araújo, Grazia Cardoso and Zuleika Dantas. My special friends, Clarisse Garcia. Hulda Stadtler, and Rachel Rocha. My sisters, Fernanda and Valéria. They are all great and beautiful Brazilian women. I have so many to thank from the University of Manitoba. Dr. Jean-Luc Chodkiewicz was the first to become interested in my research proposal, providing my acceptance into the doctorate program as my adviser and understanding my need for a feminist anthropologist as an adviser. For Dr. Ellen Judd, I feel an immense gratefulness for accepting to be the one who followed and guided my paths. Ellen Judd became my academic strength. It was through her attention, dedication, and respect for my work that I found encouragement to pace throughout the doctorate program in Anthropology. She wisely advised and made me grow as a feminist anthropologist. I am so thankful.
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