Modern economic and technological changes are accelerating the rate of social change in indigenous cultures around the world. The Asheninka of the Amazon jungle region of east-central Peru confront change from two perspectives: the individual and the sociohistorical. All Asheninka recall through their stories the four centuries of change since their earliest contacts with Spanish speakers. For the Asheninka, all learning is situated in a complex blend of factors: history, beliefs, motives, practices, and persons. Children learn some skills in a guided manner, similar to apprenticeship, in...