Xukuru Indians: History on the basis of memories

Authors

  • Edson Hely Silva UFPE/ Colégio de Aplicação

Abstract

The oral stories of the Xukuru Indians of Ororubá (Pesqueira and Poção/PE) contain everyday events that represent the spaces and moments of sociability they experienced in the Ororubá mountains, as well as the meaning of Cimbres as a reference of mythical-religious memory for the affirmation of their group identity. The fragments collected are both individual autobiographical memories and part of a collective history, where the interviewees, supported by the memory and the shared story about the past, assert their rights as an indigenous people based on what they have experienced, thought and expressed.

Key words: history of indigenous people, Xukuru memories, Northeast of Brazil.

Author Biography

Edson Hely Silva, UFPE/ Colégio de Aplicação

Doutor em História Social pela Unicamp. Docente do Colégio de Aplicação e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da UFPE (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)

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Published

2011-05-03

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2011): May/August

Section

Dossiê: Questões indígenas contemporâneas: História e Antropologia em fronteiras

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