Banca de DEFESA: THYARA FREITAS DE ALCANTARA

ALDEAMENTO DO BREJO DOS PADRES (TACARATU/PE): HISTORICAL PROCESSES, LAND STRIPPING AND INDIGENOUS MOBILIZATION STRATEGIES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

extinction of aldeamentos; Brejo dos Padres; plunder of land

For many decades, indigenous peoples were silenced, marginalized and made invisible in the historiographical narratives of Brazil, especially in the 19th century, as well as sociocultural diversity with the systematic denial of identities and rights. Specifically, the inhabitants in the current Northeast Region, in the statements of authorities and invaders in indigenous territories, justifying the official extinction of the aldeamentos and the plunder of the aldeamentos lands, as occurred in the Aldeamento Brejos dos Padres, in Tacaratu, Pernambuco. To better understand these situations, it is necessary to broaden discussions about the role and place of indigenous peoples in local and regional historical processes. Based on bibliographical readings and document analysis from the 19th century, consisting of specific bibliographical studies about the situation of indigenous peoples in the current Northeast Region, and analysis of official documentation. Understanding and highlighting conflicts, socio-political relations and experiences lived by indigenous people. The sources used came from various collections and documentary series available at the Arquivo Público Estadual Jordão Emerenciano (APEJE) and the Ministério Público de Pernambuco (MPPE), containing reports, official letters, plans and maps of settlements, requests, letters and petitions from indigenous peoples to authorities, population maps and official correspondence from local authorities about the situation of indigenous peoples and their judicial status.