TERRA E POVO TAPAYUNA:

violência, aniquilamento, desterritorialização e (r)existência no avanço da fronteira capitalista no Vale do Arinos-MT

Abstract

Abstract:

The study aims to understand historical and current aspects of the capitalist occupation process in the Arinos River Valley, MT, Brazil, during the implementation of the first nucleus of regional colonization. The territory, inhabited by several indigenous peoples, including the Tapayuna, was the scene of conflicts with the new occupants and attempts at pacification by the Catholic Church. As theoretical support, this study analyzes the politics of coloniality and the constitution process of the integrationist frontier based on the geographical ideology of hinterland modernization. The study is also founded on the debate on de-re-territorialization and the Institute of Indigeneity. A qualitative approach was used, including a literature review and a documentary survey. It was confirmed that the occupation beginning in the 1950s brought violence, death, depopulation, and deterritorialization to the Tapayuna. The few remaining members were transferred to the Xingu Indigenous Park. The area previously assigned to the Tapayuna was made available to the real estate market by the military government, consolidating irregular occupation and violating the rights guaranteed by the Institute of Indigeneity and legislation. At present, the Tapayuna are legally seeking to return to their ancestral territory.

Keywords: Integrationist frontier. Colonization. Indigenous pacification. Tapayuna people. Deterritorialization.