Historical Landmarks, State Policies and Indigenous Selfdetermination in Brazil and Canada
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to discuss the historical and political meaning of the struggles for “selfdetermination”
of indigenous movements in Brazil and Canada over the past decades. I propose a comparative study between these two countries, focusing this journey particularly on four sets of similar policies implemented in the two nation-states that targeted, in some ways, indigenous societies. In order to analyze some key milestones since the colony to date, I investigate the main indigenous strategies implemented by both countries that resulted in serious restrictions for indigenous nations to exercise their territorial patterns and many other aspects related to their ancient traditions. Another purpose of this paper is to discuss how these processes shaped the current demands of indigenous political movements. Furthermore, this paper intends to consider the basic premises underlying their fight, the contexts in which the indigenous movements emerged and evolved, as well as the
possibilities and developments of their fundamental demands.
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