BRIEF (INDIGENOUS) HISTORY OF YERBA MATE IN PLATINE REGION: FROM THE GUAIRÁ PROVINCE TO THE FORMER SOUTHERN MATO GROSSO
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https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.54747Keywords:
history of yerba mate, history of Mato Grosso do Sul State, indigenous history.Abstract
In this article the authors analyze the exploitation of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) in Plata River Basin. The study focuses on an area that covers the Guairá Province, from the colonial period, until the incorporation of the South Region of the former State of Mato Grosso, currently the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, in Brazil. This situation occurred after the end of the war between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) and the introduction, in 1880s, of the Company Matte Larangeira in region. The firm explored the native herbals for decades, in the territory as well as the work of Guarani and Kaiowá communities. The enterprise also explored the manual labor of non-Indigenous workers of Paraguayan and Brazilian origin, among others. The economic activity of the yerba mate is thus the common thread for a broader analysis of a long historical and socio-cultural process.Downloads
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2015-12-28
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DE OLIVEIRA, J. E.; ESSELIN, P. M. BRIEF (INDIGENOUS) HISTORY OF YERBA MATE IN PLATINE REGION: FROM THE GUAIRÁ PROVINCE TO THE FORMER SOUTHERN MATO GROSSO. Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 9, n. 3, p. 278, 2015. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.54747. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/54747. Acesso em: 4 may. 2025.
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