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Paiakan was born, the tribe received a vision of his special destinity.
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Paiakan go this chance. His was sent to the Kayapo village of grotirefor missionary school
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Most other Kayapo village in the Amazon were severety affected by there relentless invasions.
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They traveled four days together 180 miles donwriver, and settle in Aukre
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He went to Belem, the State Capital were he learned to live, dress and act like a white man.
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After speaking out against a proposed hydroelectric dam in the rain forest, both Paiakan and posey were charged whit breaking a Brazilianlaw against foreigners criticizingthe government.
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When the rubber tapper Chico Mendes wsa shot dead by rancres for organizing grass-roots resistence to deforestation, it was feared that Paiakan himself migth be a target
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Paiakannorganized an historic gatthering in Altamira, Brazil, that brought together Indians members of the environmental monement.
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Paiakan organized an historic gathering in Altamira, Brazil, that brought togetherIndians and members of the enironmenttal movement
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By 1990, only Aukre and one other Kayapo community had refused to sell their tree-cutting rigthsto the loggers
