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Brazilian indigenous groups protest for protection of old Indian Museum

（Xinhua）  08:15, January 18, 2013  

An indigenous man gazes at Maracana Stadium at the old Indian Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 16, 2013. The government of Rio de Janeiro plans to tear down an old Indian museum beside Maracana Stadium to build parking lot and shopping center here for the upcoming Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup. The plan met with protest from the indigenous groups. Now Indians from 17 tribes around Brazil settle down in the old building, appealing for the protection of the century-old museum, the oldest Indian museum in Latin America. They hope the government could help renovate it and make part of it a college for indigenous Indians. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)


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