His works on cultural anthropology treat the differences between American societies and the effects of civilization on Indian populations. From 1983 to 1987 he was governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro. He returned to Brazil in 1974 and resumed his political activity. When the military seized power in 1964, Ribeiro, who was a member of the Executive Office of President Goulart, went into exile in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he taught anthropology at the Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay. Interested in public education, Ribeiro became the first rector of the Universidade de Brasília (1961–1962) and served as minister of education and culture (1962–1963) during João Goulart's presidency. He also studied Indian acculturation with the support of UNESCO and organized the Indian Museum in Rio de Janeiro (1953). Born in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Ribeiro did fieldwork among Indians in Amazonas and central Brazil. 17 February 1997), Brazilian anthropologist.
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