Entre silenciamentos, esquecimentos e memória: a participação dos indígenas Canela no Conflito de Alto Alegre segundo sua oralidade

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the participation of the Canela Indigenous people (Ramkokamekrá) in the Alto Alegre Conflict, which occurred in 1901 in the backlands of Maranhão, from the perspective of oral memory. Starting from a critique of the hegemonic and silencing narratives of regional historiography, the study investigates how the Canela construct and transmit their own versions of the conflict, opposing official discourses that either omit them or reduce their role to secondary characters. The work is structured into four chapters: the first presents the historical context and the interactions between the Timbira and Tupi peoples; the second discusses memory disputes and representations of the conflict; the third analyzes Canela selfrepresentations and the importance of orality as a historical source; the fourth proposes an educational product (an illustrated paradidactic book) aimed at teaching local history. The methodology is based on documental research, historiographical analysis, and interviews with Canela Indigenous individuals. The study reaffirms the centrality of Indigenous memory as a tool of resistance, identity, and political claim, contributing to a more pluralistic and historiography.