Challenges of anthropological practice in the Brazilian Amazon: Trajectory of the organized indigenous movement in Brazil (1970 to 2017)

Abstract

The mechanisms of social control used by the national state imposed on indigenous peoples and the strategies of indigenous resistance in the defense of rights, the main achievements of the indigenous movement, perspectives and challenges in the face of the situation of denial and attacks suffered. The general objective of this article is to carry out an analysis of the Organized Indigenous Movement, taking as reference the "XI Ordinary General Assembly of COIAB", held in the Headquarters Village/Alto Rio Guamá Indigenous Land, from August 28 to 30, 2017. The methodology used was descriptive, conceptual, taking as a cut the years from 1970 to 2017, as it constitutes a period of ascension of the organized indigenous movement. In this way, an indigenous movement is a set of strategies and actions developed by indigenous communities and organizations to defend their collective rights and interests. Indigenous movements are distinct from indigenous organizations, although the latter are an important part. Indigenous organizations are the ways in which indigenous communities or peoples organize their work, their struggles, and their collective lives.