INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR LAND AS AN EXPRESSION OF SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE GUARANI AND KAIOWÁ PEOPLES
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https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.54382Keywords:
captaincy, indigenous leadership, retake of indigenous lands, guarani, kaiowá.Abstract
Based on historical and ethnographic data obtained in guarani and kaiowá indigenous lands in southern state of Mato Grosso do Sul between 2009 and 2014, this paper proposes a discussion about the traditional forms of leadership between the Kaiowá and Guarani and the captaincy model imposed by the Serviço de Proteção ao Índio - SPI (Indian Protection Service). The research shows that the impracticability of maintaining traditional socio-political relations within the indigenous reserves drives traditional lands retake movements. These retake moements enable the restoration, although in poor conditions, of the socio-political organization, thus providing opportunities for the creation of new extended families and new “tekoha”.Downloads
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2015-06-29
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CAVALCANTE, Thiago Leandro Vieira. INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR LAND AS AN EXPRESSION OF SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE GUARANI AND KAIOWÁ PEOPLES. Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 9, n. 1, p. 182, 2015. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.54382. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/54382. Acesso em: 14 aug. 2025.
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