When in the West a nation was being built: the indigenous people and the formulation of new national projects (1937-1948).

os Povos Indígenas e a formulação de novos projetos nacionais (1937-1948)

Authors

  • Thays Fregolent de Almeida Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)

Abstract

This article aims to identify links between the brazilian March to the West and the construction of a new national project, during the Estado Novo (1937-1945), responsible for intensifying the domination of indigenous populations and the conquest of their lands. For that we will proceed an analysis of the campaign that culminated in project of the recognition, occupation and integration of the national territory, as well as the articulation that incorporated the symbolic image of the indigenous population within the construction of an ideal of “Brazilianness”. Thus, we are interested in the reflection on the issues related to the indigenist policies of the period, focusing on the Roncador-Xingu Expedition (1943-1948), the spearhead of the expansionist project of Getulio Vargas.

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Published

2020-01-31