O Conselho Indigenista Missionário na trajetória dos Movimentos Indígenas no Brasil (1972-1988)

Abstract

This research addresses the relationship of the Indian Missionary Council (missionary institution belonging to the Catholic Church) with indigenous peoples. Inserting in the line of research Politics and Culture seeks to discuss the concepts such as democracy, citizenship and social movements. This thesis has as main objectives to develop a debate about the network of relationships developed by civil society with indigenous peoples through Catholic missions and how they dialogue with the Brazilian State. These alliances strengthened the political articulations of these peoples, giving visibility to their claims (especially in the Amazon region) and forming a new political configuration, from the 1970s, which led to the development of an indigenous protagonism that became known as the Indigenous Movement. In this relationship full of nuances, we observed that the alliances were important for the strengthening of the struggle for rights and the re-elaboration of their cultures in search of the sociopolitical insertion in the Brazilian State, an arduous path full of paradoxes.