Nas cercanias do território Eware: três ensaios sobre os Tikuna de Umariaçu

Abstract

This thesis aims to understand indigenous territorial policies and their interfaces schools, shamanism, property in the frontier zone in the municipality of Tabatinga-Amazonas, whose main objective is to understand the process of territorialization of the Tikuna community of Umariçú located on the outskirts of the municipality of Tabatinga, extreme northwest of the State of Amazonas. The research analyzes government policies aimed at indigenous populations whose objective is to maintain territorial control of these populations through the process of encouraging the urbanization of communities. It also highlights the struggle of the Tikuna indigenous peoples to maintain possession of the territory. The dissertation is divided into three essays organized as follows: in the first essay we give a brief analysis of the history of indigenous peoples in Brazil. In the second essay we analyze territorial public policies in the Amazon. In the third essay we make reference through interviews on the importance and symbolism of the land for the Tikuna indigenous people of the Tikuna indigenous community of Umariaçú. The result of the research leads us to understand the process of struggle of the Tikuna to acquire the demarcation and ensure the possession of their land. We briefly mention the relationship between spirituality and territory in the context of the Tikuna community of Umariaçú.