A Igreja Católica e a luta dos povos indígenas em Roraima (1975-1996)

Abstract

This work analyzes the contribution made by the progressive wing of the Catholic Church in the formation and consolidation of the Indigenous Council of the Territory of Roraima - CINTER, transformed into the Indigenous Council of Roraima - CIR in 1991. In the first moment, The Roraima Federal Territory in the 1970s, such as the construction of major highways such as BR 230 - Transamazônica, BR 210 - Perimetral Norte and BR 174, which The life of the diverse indigenous populations that lived in Roraima. Then it is analyzed on the change in the posture of part of the Catholic Church in Brazil and that reflects in a change in the attitude of the missionaries who acted in the state at that time. From this change, the local missionary base becomes military in favor of better living conditions for local indigenous populations, given all the methodological and institutional support for the strengthening of the indigenous movement, directly contributing to the consolidation of the Indigenous Council of Roraima - CIR, and its implementation in 1987 as an institution in defense of the rights of indigenous indigenous peoples. The paper also set out to analyze the indigenous assemblies that took place during the 1970s, especially in the context of the Amazon region, which enabled the development of an indigenous identity, with the appropriation of the term "Indian" among indigenous peoples of different ethnic groups and cultures, understood As a new strategy for the struggle of indigenous peoples inserted in this new reality that was imposed on them.