Correrias: Índios, Caucheiros e Seringueiros (Acre 1942/1983)

Abstract

Currently , think that the misunderstandings between Indians and White people in Brazil were episodes from the past, is stay inattentive to the News that frequently are presented in mass media. Once in a while, its possible to watch News that native people attacked the head office from FUNAI, that made hostages, that made public manifestations on the other hand White people invade Indian’s lands, took wood illegal from reserves, in other place White farmers are expropriated from their rice planting, miners searching for gold or precious stones enter in the forest confronting with integrated natives or uncontacted natives. Ultimately the quarrels are varied, supporting the thesis that a lotto fthings still need to be done to contain this violence in majority of Brazilian states. In Acre, it’s not different, far from finish the Indian’s misfortunes, the rubber extraction, wood, Pará´s nuts and more recently the agriculture exploration, continues to expel the traditional peoples from their habitat, when they offer resistance, still are eliminated. Gunmen, thugs and professional killers were hired in a recent past to do the “cleaning” from forest áreas that are interests by White man. What scares is that the “recent past” haven’t passed, the problems, however exist in high incidence, and are not small problems, continue to produce deaths in both sides that scape from police´s actions.