With legal briefs on his shoulder, a Pataxo Hahahae Indian in traditional, garb and face paint arrived at the Supreme Court in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, on September 24.

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WITH LEGAL BRIEFS on his shoulder, a Pataxo Hahahae Indian in traditional, garb and face paint arrived at the Supreme Court in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, on September 24. The court is considering whether the Pataxo have rights to ancestral lands in the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil. The government granted the Indian land to farmers during the 1960s and 1970s. A group of 15 Pataxo...