Usos da memória e do esquecimento na história de Tefé/AM: as culturas indígenas, a igreja católica e as ordens religiosas

Abstract

This article aims at understanding the uses of memory and forgetting in history Tefé, inland city of Amazonas, through the buildings which were elevated to the status of historical and cultural heritage, notably the Church of Santa Teresa (Mother) and St. Joseph Seminary, revealing that these buildings evoke historical memory and evoke a specific, linked to Catholic missionaries. This memory just hiding the relations established in the past between the Catholic Church and its missionaries and indigenous peoples, particularly the ramifications of these relationships that contributed significantly to the dismantling and removal of many of the indigenous cultures of this region.