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Indian Day (also known as Native Day; in Portuguese known as Dia do Índio) was created by the President Getúlio Vargas by a decree law in 1943 and recalls the day (April 19) in 1940 in which several indigenous leaderships of the Americas decided to attend the First Inter-American Indian Congress held in Mexico.Nowadays most part of the cities does not celebrate the date however it is very common for schoolchildren across Brazil to dress up like Natives and visit Museums to learn more about the first Brazilians.
