Indigenous chronicles readings and reflections for the classroom
decoloniality and indigenous resistance
Abstract
Due to the implementation of coloniality, African and Indigenous populations were enslaved and dehumanized with the purpose of maintaining the white European society in control of the means of production and social relations. In Brazil, many Indigenous ethnic groups were decimated or forcibly removed from their territories to make way for agricultural, pastoral, and mining activities. In order to legitimize such practices, it was (and still is) necessary to uphold this ideology. To confront these ideals and the principles that sustain them, the book Crônicas indígenas para ler e refletir na escola, written by the Indigenous author Munduruku (2020), aims at to explain how coloniality and racialization mechanisms operate within Brazilian society to preserve the political and economic dominance of European hegemony Furthermore, the texts in the analyzed book contribute to the dismantling of these concepts and encourage new ways of understanding the perspectives that continue to shape contemporary society. This study is based on bibliographical research and descriptive analysis, drawing on scholars whose works address not only decoloniality but also themes such as racialization and necropolitics.
