As quotas para indígenas na universidade do estado do Amazonas

Abstract

The affirmative actions of place reservations on universities, also called shares, which seek to promote the principle of equality, it is found in the current agendas of political and social discussions. In Brazil, it is exacly in the beginning of the twentyfirst century, that public universities gather to discuss such actions, including in Amazon, the State University (UEA), which had its place reservation system instituted by state law Number 2894 created in May 31rd 2004, linking school records criteria (public school period), territorial and ethnic. The current study aims the comprehension and analyze the policy of affirmative action about shares, developed by the Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, from the understanding of indigenous students approved for normal education college, who joined the university in places to be filled exclusively by Indians. This research was qualitative in nature, illustrated by quantitative data, has been adopted the historical-critical method (dialectic) and the types of research were: bibliographic, documentary and field research. For data collection, it used semi-structured interviews and focus groups. It is clear that affirmative actions about shares may not even represent the best solution to the social and cultural exclusion, but it is undoubtedly the only action taken until now, with positive results capable of repairing, compensation and the inclusion of indigenous people who were eliminated from the process of acquiring knowledge for a long time in the history of this country. Plus, it is not enough creating specific places in higher education to be filled by ethnic origin candidates, but is also necessary the implementation of complementary programs and institutions, which are able to promote the permanence of the Indians in the university, and that, may be successful.