(Universidade Federal de Sergipe, 2014-12) PARENTE, Francilene de Aguiar
This article discusses the experience of indigenous of Xypaia and Kuruaya
ethnicities of the Xingu region to undergraduate degree in Ethnodevelopment of the
Federal University of Pará (UFPA) and allows theoretical tools for identity reassurance in
a context considered adverse and homogenizing, valuing relations with local indigenous
movements. From written accounts and testimonies, it’s seen the growth of the
indigenous community access to affirmative policies, noting a higher number of women
belonging to the two already mentioned indigenous ethnic groups, what demonstrates a
permission of the reintegration of younger members in organized indigenous movements
and the stimulation of these to fight for the prestige of their identity, by the agency of
their culture and for recognition of their ethnicity.
