A retomada do povo Xucuru-Kariri em Quixaba – BA caminhos, lutas e desafios

Abstract

Initially based in Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, the Xucuru-Kariri village, around 1986 was made up of 120 families. Due to internal conflicts, around 5 families migrated to Ibotirama in Bahia, in 1991. Once there, due to conflicts and difficulties, they left again, this time, for Quixaba, in 1999. The District of Quixaba is located twenty and eight kilometers from the seat of the municipality of Glória-Bahia. Its territorial area is 209,964 square kilometers, with approximately 2,500 residents. Having as a guide for the research, the process of territorialization of the Xucuru-Kariri people, with support in current debates about the indigenous people of the Northeast. The work allowed us to investigate the history, formation and aspects linked to the development of the Xucuru-Kariri community. The general objective of this study is to understand the genesis of the process of recovery of the Xucuru-Kariri people. The specific objectives of the research are to present the formation of the community based on a brief historical trajectory; the challenges of implementing indigenous education as well as the people's resistance to remaining ethnically and culturally belonging and finally, recording some aspects related to the community's relationship with the environment. The research is exploratory and qualitative, based on specialized bibliography on the history and culture of indigenous peoples. The research has social, cultural and academic relevance.