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FUNAI administered Brazil's official indigenous contact policy during the peak years of Amazonian development (1968-1985). The military government's road-building programs (especially the Trans-Amazon Highway), large-scale dam construction (including the Balbina and Tucurui dams), and mining operations penetrated territories under FUNAI's nominal protection. FUNAI "contact expeditions" preceded construction crews into territory inhabited by uncontacted tribes, with the express purpose of pacifying populations that would otherwise resist intrusion. By 1970 FUNAI lease policies had opened Indian lands to American companies: eleven firms were prospecting inside or near the Aripuanã Indian Park, and the Rockefeller ally J. Peter Grace's W. R. Grace & Company, along with IBEC director [[Walther Moreira Salles]]'s joint mining venture, were among companies authorized by FUNAI to prospect for tin in indigenous reserves.[^11]
In 1969, [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s classified report to President Nixon on his Latin America tour recommended expanded US military aid and counterinsurgency support for the Brazilian military government, including in the Amazon region. The US Air Force had been invited into the Brazilian Amazon for aerial mapping of mineral deposits in 1964 by then-Ambassador [[Lincoln Gordon]].[^12]
In 1969, [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s classified report to President Nixon on his [[Latin America]] tour recommended expanded US military aid and counterinsurgency support for the Brazilian military government, including in the Amazon region. The US Air Force had been invited into the Brazilian Amazon for aerial mapping of mineral deposits in 1964 by then-Ambassador [[Lincoln Gordon]].[^12]
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