Cultura política indígena e lideranças tupi nas capitanias do norte - século XVII.

Abstract

This research seeks to analyze policy strategies elaborated by the Tupi indigenous leaders, which valued agreements or negotiations with the portuguese authorities, in an attempt to obtain mercy (political favors, titles, insignia of knight, allotment, etc.) for his services to the portuguese crown. Throughout this study, it was found that the indigenous leaders were able to obtain advantages and rights to appropriating portuguese codes, such as honor and social prestige acquired when occupied spaces of power in the portuguese overseas empire. The appropriation of new values made possible the change in the internal dynamics of indigenous people, while the Tupi families, Camarão and Arcoverde, if perpetuated in command of villages in the so-called Northern captaincies. For the effectuation of this research, the dialogue if colonial manuscripts available in Overseas Historical Archive of Lisbon became very necessary. This file has a large number of requests or petitions of indian captains who sought, constantly, enough coveted.