Although the government has been doing much to improve the yamis 'food, clothing, sanitation, medical care, fishing technique and handicrafts, nothing seems to have changed very much. For the most part, they prefer to be left alone and stick to their own traditions and customs.
儘管居民一直拒絕改變、進步，政府仍然不遺餘力地在各方面照顧他們，盡力在食、衣、住、衛生、保健醫療等方面輔導他們改善，並鼓勵他們從事農、牧生產，改進漁撈技術，發展手工藝品的製作等。