A LOOK AT THE TRIPLE FRONTIER OF INDIGENOUS ACCULTURATION IN THE AMAZON, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE TRIBES-BRAZIL PARK, IN THE PERIOD 2023-2024

Abstract

Currently in Brazil, a little less than one million self-declared indigenous people live. Most of them in the Amazon. This is certainly a much smaller population than the one that was found here, a little more than five hundred years ago, before the arrival of Europeans in this territory that we now call America. The process of acculturation was defined as the study of the phenomena that result when groups of individuals with different cultures come into direct and permanent contact and the consequent changes in the cultural patterns of these groups. Thus, the theme of this research was "A Look at the Triple Frontier of Indigenous Acculturation in the Amazon, with Emphasis on the Parque das Tribos-Brazil, in the Period 2023-2024". With the general objective: To identify the culture of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon their customs, their rituals, their folklore, dance, art and language, and the process of acculturation with the white man, The research started from an exploratory methodology with a qualitative-quantitative focus, through the realization of questionnaires applied to teachers, thus carrying out the discussion of the speeches of the researched. It was found that the process of acculturation has occurred since colonial times and that this may imply the loss of indigenous customs and habits. It is evident that indigenous education has been a challenge for teachers who work in this population, and with this, it is important to have educational policies that preserve this culture, as it is part of the history of the Brazilian people.