“Escola pra quê?” Perspectivas e possibilidades: um olhar sobre a Escola da Aldeia Januária, dos índios Tentehar (Guajajara) do Pindaré

Abstract

This paper walks twofold. The first one is from our experience with indigenous peoples in Maranhão, especially Tentehar - Guajajara. With these, our initial experience was still an undergraduate. Later, he began a professional acting within the Indian health, extending to issues of school education. The second analysis directs educational activities that have undergone indigenous peoples. In this sense, our focus was the Indians Tentehar of Pindaré. Our analysis focused on the actions in the periods: Colonial, Imperial, Republican, and this time paid attention to the two official agencies of the government to deal with the natives: the SPI and the FUNAI. Also in this period, we focus attention also to the pro-Indian social movements and indigenous organizations. Still from the perspective of school education, we analyze the principles that guide this education: specificity, differentiation interculturality and bilingualism. The framework that guided this work is the prospect of ethnic group, in this respect, we seek to identify the Tentehar Pindaré, as distinct ethnic group.