The processes of territorialization of indigenous land retaking in Brazil

Resumo

The objective of this article is to characterize the territorialization of collective actions by indigenous peoples in the reclaiming of ancestral lands and territories expropriated in Brazil. The research methodology includes interviews, conducted between 2018 and 2019, with women leaders of the Tupinambá, Guarani- Nhandeva, and Pancararu peoples, and the contextualized georeferencing of dozens of retakes in Brazil. After reviewing the literature on state actions in relation to the autonomy and ethnopolitics of indigenous peoples, the article contributes to the analytical framework on the contemporary agendas of indigenous peoples in land reclamation in Brazil.