Cycle of debates
Policies for isolated and recently contacted indigenous peoples: traces of isolated people in Rondônia
With
Felipe Vander Velden (CSO/UFSCar)
Amanda Villa (PPGAS/USP)
Mediation
Leonardo Viana Braga (PPGAS/USP)
06/17/2024, 5pm
Rua do Anfiteatro 181, Colmeia - favo 8
University City - São Paulo - SP
References under study: controversies about the nature, culture and ethnicity of isolated indigenous peoples in Rondônia (Felipe Vander Velden (CSO/UFSCar)
The forests of Rondônia are home to a significant set of references to isolated indigenous peoples. As the region is home to considerable linguistic and cultural diversity, defining the ethnolinguistic belonging of these reference peoples is quite problematic. In addition to this lack of definition at the ethnolinguistic level, several of the references to isolates – especially those “under study” or “not confirmed”, or simply called “information” – have also been used for discussions at levels that we will call interethnic and specific, which they discuss both the Indianness and the humanity of these collectives. These are cases in which the ghostly character of these people seems even more pronounced, and discussions not only about whether traces are products of indigenous people, but even whether they are the result of human actions. However, the so-called “unconfirmed references” have been little studied in their multiple dimensions. This article advocates for greater attention to such scenarios as a way of expanding our reflection on the nature of what can constitute an indigenous and human collective.
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Making ourselves noticed, making us move away: an ethno-historical journey about indigenous people in isolation in the Massaco Indigenous Land (Amanda Villa (PPGAS/USP)
The protection of peoples in isolation in Brazil and, therefore, of the territories they occupy, is a task legally assigned to the Ethno-environmental Protection Fronts, decentralized units of the National Indian Foundation. As a rule, his work is based on investigative strategies: searches for local remains are combined with oral interviews and records of ethno-historical occupation. In this sense, this article intends to contribute with an ethno-historiographical overview of the occupation in the middle Guaporé river, more specifically the stretch between the Branco and Colorado rivers, where the Massaco Indigenous Land is today established. Occupied by indigenous people whose defining characteristics of their ethnic belonging to others are essentially based on their material culture, since their language has never been described, the territory is a reference in protection and mystery. At the same time that the abundant placement of traps (caltrops) expresses their desire to be left in peace, their traces give clues to their identity and are read with curiosity by indigenous and non-indigenous people, who rely on the analogy with oral and written stories. to do so.
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