In the context of restructuring the indigenous health policies over the last 20 years in Brazil, and the consequent creation of the Special Sanitary Indigenous Districts since 1999, the Indigenous Health Agents appear as ...

This dissertation proposes an essay based on three ethnographic experiences with folhetos de cordel booklets of narrative poetry from Brazilian Northeast. The starting point is my participation in the development of new ...

Talk about their existences through objects and ornaments (enfeites) is something the residents of the Village of Cimbres (Terra Indígena Xukuru do Ororubá) constantly do. This work is, in this sense, an endeavor to pursue ...

This study aimed to observe the motivations of an indigenous leader of the Northwest Amazon, Maximilian Menezes, in his desire to produce a written record of the Inapéporã s trajectory and placement of hierarchical, one ...

This work aims to elucidate the relationships the Gavião people of Rondônia engaged when manufacturing and using of hunting artefacts. From an ethnographic approach, I explore pertinent notions to comprehend the agency of ...

This dissertation presents an ethnographical research of the relationships between the Tupi Guarani from Village Renascer with the Guarani Mbya and nonindians. The purpose was to understand the formation history of the ...

This research intends to conduct an ethnography of the management of indigenous education in the municipality of Altamira (PA), that comprises nine ethnic groups (Arara, Araweté, Asurini, Curuaia, the Juruna, Kararaô, ...

This work presents ethnographic research concerning recent initiatives of cultural revitalization in the Alto Rio Negro region, particularly those initiatives that have been taken by tukano speaking groups in the Uaupés ...

This thesis deals with many kinds of relations between the São Paulo Kaingang and the others: their neighbours Krenak and Terena, non Indians finally, with Otherness in its Christian shape. For they‟ve chosen to ...