INDIGENIST POLICY IN THE TERRITORY OF THE AKWẼ- XERENTE: ORGANIZATION AND PARTICIPATION UNDER REFLECTION

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.2164212404104

• Palavras-chave: Indigenist Policy, 1988 Federal Constitution, Akwẽ-Xerente

• Keywords: Indigenist Policy, 1988 Federal Constitution, Akwẽ-Xerente

• Abstract:

  The purpose of this paper is to research indigenous policy after the 1988 Federal Constitution in an attempt to understand the socio-historical bases on which the political reorganization of indigenous people both inside and outside their territory took place, with a focus on the Akwẽ-Xerente people. Its general objective is to analyse the historical and cultural processes of indigenous policy after the 1988 Federal Constitution in an attempt to understand the historical bases on which the political reorganization of the Akwẽ-Xerente indigenous people took place inside and outside their territory. The specific objectives are: to learn about the history of indigenous policy in Brazil; to understand the changes that have taken place in indigenous policy and the way of life of the indigenous people since the 1988 Federal Constitution; to see how the Akwẽ-Xerente indigenous people currently live, especially in relation to the survival and livelihood of their families.
    In the first section, we discuss the history of indigenous policy in Brazil, from its emergence in the Portuguese colonial project between 1549 and 1755 to the present day. Secondly, we discuss the changes that have taken place in indigenous policy since the 1988 Federal Constitution, and the advances and impasses in implementing this policy. The research was qualitative. To analyze the results, we used dialectical historical materialism as a method of understanding reality. The results provide reflections on the new forms of organization and political participation of indigenous people, which highlight the contradictory way in which the state intervenes in the application of indigenous policy, which denies their ethnic and cultural specificities, since the state refuses to engage in dialogue with indigenous organizations, resulting in little participation by indigenous people in decision-making spaces.