Campo de nobres e temíveis cavaleiros: a atuação Kadiwéu contra o estabelecimento de não-indígenas em seu território (1957-1967)

Abstract

This research aims to analyze Kadiwéu's actions, while in permanent interaction with the Indian Protection Service (SPI), during the establishment of non-indigenous people in their territory between 1957-1967. Through the analysis of documentation from the Museu do Índio (more precisely the internal archives of the SPI and the Figueiredo Report), we seek to analyze what responses were given by the Kadiwéu to the entry of non-indigenous people into their territory, taking into account the worldview of a unique indigenous society. To this end, it is proposed to analyze the way in which non-indigenous people entered and settled in the territory, what was the action and measures taken by the SPI and how this was considered by the Kadiwéu and how they conditioned their actions in the process. Furthermore, it is also proposed to analyze how indigenous people appropriated their status of tutelage in order to project the SPI against non-indigenous people in their territory. It is also proposed to examine indigenous confrontation actions against farmers and the SPI, considering the context underlying these actions and the conditions that allowed them to take place. I argue that the Kadiwéu responded to the establishment of non-indigenous people in their territory through strategic actions, which sought to both circumvent and form consensus with the SPI, to then oppose the non-indigenous people, but when this was not in fact possible, they clashed against the SPI in order to correct its course so that it suited in indigenous interests. Therefore, the indigenous people used the available resources seeking the maximum possible efficiency, and whenever there were spaces for better opportunities, they raised their “bet” to force new consensuses with the SPI under conditions that were more advantageous to them.