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Caiapos are a Brazilian indigenous tribe.


This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Nuttall Encyclopaedia is an early 20th century encyclopedia, edited by rev. ...


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For 30 years Raoni (raw-oh-nee), chief of the Caiapo (kay-ah-poh) tribe in Brazil, has been leading a fight to protect the Amazon rain forest.
He is a guardian of the Caiapo Indian reserve and Xingu National Park, a territory that's roughly the size of the state of Florida.
In 1989, with help from Sting and environmentalist Jean-Pierre Dutilleaux, Chief Raoni was able to spread the alarm across 17 countries.
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