Os índios Xukuru-Kariri na Mata da Cafurna em Palmeira dos Índios: relações socioambientais no semiárido alagoano (1979 a 2016)

Abstract

This research is about the Mata da Cafurna Village, frequented by the indigenous people of Xukuru-Kariri, in Palmeira dos Índios / AL, Alagoan Semiaride, having as an important characteristic the occupation of this nation for the Indians, as well as the meanings of the socio-cultural relations that with the Environment without access and use of natural resources between 1979 and 2016. The village village area was redone in 1979 and had a little organic support with a total area of 275.6 ha, housing about 150 families and an average of 812 people, organizations, organizations, people who are part of their food base, practice religious rituals and ensure their balance with the environment and with their identity and socio-cultural affirmation. Once again it was inhabited by the Xukuru-Kariri before the Village Mata of Cafurna was remade, the Canto Farm, but the feast of the previous year owes to families, which triggers and the new territorial actions, the first being a Mata da Cafurna. The research was carried out in the field of History, having been used for document recognition purposes, and the consolidated results on the Xukuru-Kariri processes; More recently, with the population surveyed in the Village, mainly the elderly and with non-Indians who participated in several moments of the local local trajectory. The study is also anchored in reflections of the history has not been an instrumental and activities have been made. They have as main characteristic an interdisciplinarity allowing several areas of knowledge to dialogue in a broad way.