INDIGENOUS LAW AND AUTHORITY THE BRAZILIAN

Abstract

This article is about the indigenous authorities in the luso brazilian society. It aims at reviewing the representations and images that contribute to justify the colonization in order to recognize the elements that shaped the indigenous condition and rights. Thus, its intention is to understand in which contexts the indigenous authorities and institutions were recognized in the luso brazilian society. In this way, the questions I wish to explore intend to review the agreements and accords, the intersection between the colonial and the native interests and, specially, how these relations were legally made possible.

KEY-WORDS: brazilian Indigenous Policy, Indigenous Authorities, Missions and Indigenous Villages, Brazil XVI-XIX centuries.