Políticas indigenistas pós-constituição de 1988: avanços e retrocessos

Abstract

In regard to the Brazilian indigenist policies and the legal rights of indigenous communities, it took more than 400 years of fight and resistance for the native populations to have their rights to the land, education and health recognized. During the seventies, the indigenous peoples began to organize themselves, aided by support entities, so they could widely achieve their cultural, social and economic rights. One of them was the Indigenous Movement, which stood out specially in the National Constituent Assembly of 1987. This monograph is based on the application of the Brazilian indigenist policies and the recognition of these peoples after the Constitution of 1988. At first, the historical processes of the indigenous policies from the beginning until the promulgation of the Federal Constitution of Brazil was observed. In second place, the achievements due to these policies were observed. In third place, the setbacks were shown. The main goal of this work is to describe and debate the applicability of the processes of the indigenist policies in Brazil, as the result of research in primary sources such as Laws, Decrees and Constitutional Amendments, besides bibliographic revision in its methodology.