Os índios do Brasil na Assembleia Nacional Constituinte: opinião popular e mobilização dos povos originários na luta por direitos (1987-1988)

Abstract

This dissertation deals with the analysis of the construction process of the National Constituent Assembly - ANC from 1987/1988. The starting points are the mobilization of part of society through social movements and the broad popular participation, which took place by various means, including the sending of letters and suggestions to the members of the Commission of Notables and to the constituent members themselves, as well as the interest of this participation is restricted to the opinions produced about the Indians in Brazil. However, the main focus is on the fact that the ANC has included indigenous rights in its debates, which have guaranteed significant legal advances in relation to previous constitutions. For the first time in the history of Brazil, indigenous groups of different ethnic groups came together in the form of a social movement to claim their rights within the National Congress. Therefore, the central issue is to analyze this participation of the Indigenous Movement in this process of drafting and voting for the National Constituent Assembly, that is, it will seek to understand the influences of indigenous participation in the promulgation of the final text of the 1988 Letter. understanding this process, we analyzed the previous indigenous legislation; the conflicting relationship between indigenous groups and the Armed Forces; the process of organizing civil society based on social movements and non-governmental organizations supporting the indigenous cause, as well as the political situation in the period preceding the creation of the 1987/1988 ANC.