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Copper atom. Atomic Energy, How? 1950s.

1) Vendedor de balões, 1990, Pará.

2) Babá Patchuli, 1986, Pará.

3) Barqueiro Azul, 1992, Amazonas.

4) Anjo do Brasil, 1987, Pará. 

5) Meninos na venda de açai, 1988, Pará. 

6) Ensaio quadrilha Reino I, 2014, Pará. 

7) Anjo no Tapajós, 2009, Pará.

They want buckskin and face paint, drumming, songs in languages they can’t understand recorded for them but with English subtitles, of course. They want educated, well spoken, but not too smart. Christian, well behaved, never question. They want to learn the history of the people, but not the ones that are here now, waving signs in their faces, asking them for clean drinking water, asking them why their women are going missing, asking them why their land is being ruined.

They want fantastical stories of Indians that used to roam this land. They want my culture behind glass in a museum.