A questão indígena: entre narrativas colonizadoras e narrativas indígenas

Abstract

This article discusses the indigenous issue, brings reflections on some narratives that were/are being inherited and passed on without further questioning, or worse, without any hesitation, since the arrival of Europeans in Brazil until today. Thus, this study aims to (dis)orient, to propose that certain indicatives, some (f)acts already known, be opposed through colonizing narratives and indigenous narratives, problematized, (re)thought. For this, we carried out a bibliographical and documentary research, anchored mainly in Ducrot and Todorov (1988), Tavares (2021), Gonzaga (2021), Farias (2016) and in the narratives of indigenous writers such as Munduruku (2017), Jecupé (2020), Kopenawa (1999) and Krenak (2020). By presenting situations that involve/involved indigenous peoples, we exemplify how the use of language helps in the construction of stereotypes, acts on the other, creates crystallized forms that are enthroned as “truths”. Thus, we conclude that it is necessary to pay attention to the uses of words, narratives, to observe the situations, the context, in which they are placed, geographically, temporally, as well as the mode and use of certain sayings. This makes it possible to (re)think, problematize, destructure colonial thought. The school as a formal educational institution, an environment conducive to learning, is fundamental in this scenario.