Saberes indígenas para não indígenas: um inventário cultural

Abstract

This monograph will present the influence that we non-indigenous people have assimilated from the original peoples of Brazil. This influence extends to food, the knowledge and use of medicinal plants, some objects used in our daily lives and even the Portuguese language. We will also look at contemporary indigenous literature, which is gaining more and more visibility as an instrument in which indigenous peoples tell their own story. We learned at school that indigenous peoples were important for the formation of the Brazilian population due to miscegenation with white Europeans and black Africans, as well as adding a few Tupi words to our vocabulary and some of the foods we eat today. And that's it. Generally, textbooks, mostly written by white people, don't devote many pages to the country's first inhabitants. Is that really all we should learn? A very superficial study of indigenous peoples? The answer is no. This monograph will show indigenous influences beyond the composition of the Brazilian population. The methodology adopted will be based on bibliographical research using written sources such as books and articles. It will also use iconographic sources such as photographs and a map to help visualize the theme.