INDIGENOUS POLITICS, INDEPENDENCE OF BRAZIL AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE INDIGENOUS VILLAGE OF ARRONCHES – CEARÁ

Abstract

The process of political independence in Brazil had a heterogeneous population participation, with its diversity of experiences, political cultures, projects for the future and ways of acting. In the villages subject to the Directory of Indians with the administrative category of village, there were municipal councils, where indigenous leaders had priority in occupying council positions. This article is dedicated to reflecting on the case of the city council of the indigenous village of Arronches. We will analyze sources that refer to or that were produced in the Senate, and the most important of them for this study is a book present in the National Library (1793-1831). We will try to identify the role that the council of this indigenous village assumed in the independence process and how it could be a possible environment for exposing the demands of the indigenous community it represented.