Literaturas indígenas no ensino-aprendizagem de história e cultura indígena

Indigenous literature in the teaching-learning of indigenous history and culture

Abstract

This article reflects on the use of textualities of Amerindian matrixes in the process of teaching and learning indigenous history and culture. Bearing in mind that the representations of indigenous peoples in the Brazilian territory are present in different memories, those of the indigenous themselves and that of the non-indigenous. As an example, it is possible to underline that of European missionaries, literature (novels, poems); records of 19th century travelers, national cinema, history textbooks, official documents of the Brazilian State, among other texts that represent a set of interpretations that, from their plots and discursive logics, influence readers in the process of “understanding”, for consequently in recognizing the diversity, complexities and historical participation of indigenous societies. For this reason, the use of productions by contemporary indigenous intellectuals and writers will be used and emphasized as a tool for the transversalization of views and narratives with different expression links. Consideration that the textualities of Amerindian matrices can symbolize the contribution in the exchange of knowledge between different social ethnic groups, thus decentralizing interpretations that historically excluded different subjects and social groups