Avá-Canoeiro, a resistência dos bravos no Cerrado do norte goiano: do lugar ao território

• Autor(a) principal: SILVA, Lorranne Gomes da
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• dARK ID: ark:/38995/001300000chw1
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/1875
• topic: Avá-Canoeiro; Povos indígenas; Lugar; Território; Cultura; Avá-Canoeiro-lugar; Povo indígena-território; Avá-Canoeiro-cultura; Ava-Canoeiro; Indigenous peoples; Place; Territory; Culture; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::GEOGRAFIA

The Ava-Canoeiro, like most indigenous peoples of Brazil, have a history marked by massacres and an ethnicity near of extinction. Currently, there are only two existing Ava-Canoeiro families: one in Goias state with six people and another one in Tocantins state with eight people. For this study, it was chosen the family that lives in the Avá Canoeiro Indigenous Land, called in Brazil as Territory, located in the municipalities of Colinas do Sul and Minaçu, in the north of Goias. This research aimed to understand the place of living of the Ava-Canoeiro, as well as at analyze the disputes which have affected their territory and to show the importance of this family for the Cerrado savannah of Goias. The Indigenous site, along with its components, revealed that the elements of its culture are reconfiguring themselves, and many other manifestations already disappeared. The Indigenous territory is the major reason of disputes and conflicts, mainly due to differences between the Serra da Mesa Power Plant, operated by Furnas Hydroelectric Company, and the National Indigenous Foundation (FUNAI), which is the agency that ensures the rights of the Indigenous peoples in Brazil. The dam is adjacent to the Indigenous Ava-Canoeiro Land. According to information provided by Furnas, an agreement signed between Furnas and FUNAI, the Hydroelectric Company made monthly indemnity credits until 2002, equivalent to 2% of the amount to be paid as royalties to cities flooded by the reservoir's dam. The transferred funds were administered by FUNAI, with the mediation of Ministerio Publico Federal, a Brazilian Body of Independent Public Prosecutors, up until the indigenous community would be prepared to manage the funds themselves. With the end of the royalties, the only remaining fund source to that family in Goias state is provided by PACTO, Ava-Canoeiro Program, financially supported by Furnas. In addition to the impacts on the flooded area, part of the Indigenous Land was intersected by roads, electric wirelines system and other construction works done by Furnas for the implementation of the Serra da Mesa and Cana-Brava Hydroelectric Plant. The decrease of Ava-Canoeiro family members has caused extensive changes in their lifestyle, such as work organization, marriage and kinship rules, leadership, the rites and rituals, among other changes. The disputes which have marked the history of those people had as a consequence, besides the reduction of population, intense struggles for survival. In face of these facts, some questions have arisen: what are the Ava-Canoeiro sociocultural actions in order to re-build their birthplace, their territory, which has been pervaded with disputes? How important is this family for the Savannah in the north of Goias? This research used as methodological tools and data collection methods the participant observation as the means to bond the information and knowledge produced by the interactive process between researcher and researched people.