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Indigenous Territorial Expropriation; Mineral Exploration in Indigenous Lands; Power. Indigenous Territory
Issues related to indigenous territory, in 2019, took on proportions never before seen in Brazilian geo-historiography. There are fierce clashes in which the State finds itself on one side and the indigenous peoples and sympathizers of its causes on the other. In this sense, the aim of geographic science is to analyze the ethnocultural implications of mineral exploration in indigenous territory in the Amazon rainforest. From a critical reading it is possible to establish a geographical view on the theme, with the inductive method, proper to the qualitative approach that the phenomenological study requires. Consequently, this study addresses, based on documentary collections, the State's proposals and open discussions about the violation of indigenous rights. At the stage of partial conclusions, the expectation is that the problems will be constitutionally resolved, since the nation's sovereignty depends, not only on the armed forces, but also on the constitutionality of the territorial possession of the Peoples of the Forest. Characterized by original law. However, the main conclusion is that there is a strong possibility of harnessing violence. This may occur with the confrontation of both sides, Government and Indigenous, in an affirmation of power. There are already movements in this direction, since their lands are threatened with the disterritorialization for mineral exploration and the possibility of forced expropriation of these lands, by the Federal Government. The main role in this work is about the Kaxarari ethnicity where their history of interethnic contact it is referenced, however the biggest highlight reflects on the rights and violations on its territory. The Kaxarari indigenous land is located close to the districts of California and Extrema on the borders of Rondonia, Acre and Amazonas. This people belonging to the Pano linguistic family, have their organization divided into clans according to each family and / or people. They currently live in five villages: Marmelinho, Paxiuba, Pedreira, Barrinha and Central, gathered in an area of approximately 145,000 hectares and an estimated population of 317 individuals. This study evaluated the relationship of the community with its environment. From the initial contacts of this people, from an ethnographic perspective, we seek to report resilience in the face of the impacts resulting from contact with national society. To conduct the study, the ethnographic method was used. The most serious consequence of the attacks on this indigenous population was undoubtedly the invasion and exploitation of their territory, the varied attacks on these peoples resulted in a sharp decrease in its members, which from 2,000 inhabitants in 1910, were reduced today less than 400 individuals. However, even though their values have changed in contact with the nonindigenous, they are still an example of resistance, because despite the violence they maintain a language, the territory and the capacity to reconstruct their values and the struggle for existence.