Identities and colonial policies: Christianized Indians, infidels Indians, Portuguese and Spaniards in the River Plate region, c. 1750-1800

• Autor(a) principal: Garcia, Elisa Frühauf
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Anos 90 (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/anos90/article/view/26263
• topic: Índios infiéis; Guaranis; Fronteiras; Missões; Infidels Indians; Guarani; Borderlands; Missions

Until recently, the historiography on the River Plate region presented the relations of alliance prevailing in the region in a very schematic manner: the Christianized Guarani Indians would always be associated to the Spaniards and the Minuano to the Portuguese. Following the new perspectives over the native people history and focusing both the space of the Missions as the southern South America “Campanha” region, such relations have been gradually perceived in its complexity, which also included friendly approaches and even political alliances between the supposedly antagonistic groups. This article intends to approach the interactions between the many agents present at the time, considering the uses that they did of the different spaces and of the imperial commandments, emphasizing on how their initiatives and priorities not always were in line with the strict colonial classifications of the native people.