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Obituary: Villas-Boas Friend of Indians
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2002 Orlando Villas-Boas, a Brazilian man whose exploration efforts were instrumental in creating the country's first Indian reservation, died on Thursday after a long illness. He was 88. Villas-Boas and his brothers took part in an expedition to the country's interior. The 17-year journey started in 1943 and Villas-Boas emerged as an advocate for letting tribes run their own affairs and for protecting tribal knowledge. "Then, the old idea that the Indian was a beast was common currency," Villas-Boas once told The New York Times. "But what we showed to Brazilian society was that we had made contact with communities that were at peace, full of joy." Get the Story:
Orlando Villas-Boas, Brazilian Explorer, 88, Dies (The New York Times 12/13)
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