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What We Can Learn from Tribal Societies.

Anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis. He's the founder of Cultural Survival, an organization that that helps indigenous peoples whose ways of life are threatened by development. He's hosting a new PBS series called "Millennium," which starts tonight, and he's the author of the companion book, also called "Millennium." The series and the book seek to gain tribal wisdom for the modern world. (The book is published by Viking.)

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Other segments from the episode on May 11, 1992

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 11, 1992: Interview with David Maybury-Lewis; Interview with David W. Moore; Obituary for Sylvia Sims.

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