Xukuru-Kariri: protagonismo indígena em Palmeira dos Índios/AL (1979-2013).

Abstract

This dissertation aimed to analyze the protagonism of the Xukuru-Kariri people, inhabitants of the Mata of Cafurna in the Municipality of Palmeira dos Índios in Alagoas, based on the process of territorial reconquest and mobilizations for territorial recovery and on the demands and recognition of rights in the from 1979 to 2013. The territory that is currently part of the aforementioned Village was conquered after a long process of territorial reconquest begun in 1979, from mobilizations of the Indians who needed the space to perform their rituals, agriculture and the creation of animals for survival, since the land for the natives crosses the material plane and has a symbolic-religious meaning. We seek to show the strategies and resistance used in daily life to deconstruct the discourses of farmers' families, to dodge violence and to regain their social space. We have identified how the digital media, from the online Indians portal, contributed to the visibility of indigenous claims. The study was based on interviews and research in documentary sources such as newspapers, websites and the anthropological reports elaborated by Douglas Carrara (2004) and Siglia Zambrotti Dória (2008). Having as theoretical presuppositions the studies of Edson Silva, Adelson Lopes, John Monteiro, Silva Júnior, João Pacheco de Oliveira, and in the field of reflections on Memories/Oral History the discussions carried out by Verena Alberti. With this discussion, the Xukuru-Kariri were evidenced as active subjects in the claims of the rights, using diverse strategies and mechanisms to give visibility to the problems of the people, exerting the protagonism in History.