Notes on the culturalpot that permeates the present conflicts of indigenist policy
Authors
Paulo José Brando Santilli
UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”. Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Araraquara. Departamento de Antropologia, Política e Filosofia. Araraquara, SP – Brasil – 14800-901
Keywords:
Indigenous rights, Land structure, Traditional occupation, Territorial dispossession, Territorialization,
Abstract
Unlike neighboring countries whose constitutions define their multicultural and multiethnic statutes, the indigenous rights inscribed on Brazilian Constitution are primarily defined by the recognition of territorial occupation. At this moment when the political struggles brings into question the validity of these rights, the text aims to discuss the extent of its application since enactment of the Brazilian Constitution.
