A migração dos Karipuna do Pará até o Oiapoque na segunda metade do século XIX

Abstract

Since the time of contact between Indians and Europeans in the Amazon, there has been a great dispersion of the population of the former. For this reason it was necessary to study the reasons that led the indigenous people who inhabited the Joannes Island (Marajó) to migrate to the North Cape region, between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. The study revealed that one of the reasons for such migrations was the conflictual relations between Indians and Europeans - mainly Portuguese and French -, aggravated by the way colonists and Luso-Brazilian authorities dealt with these peoples, which could be observed in the attempts at forced displacement to build the Macapá Fortress and the constant mistreatment these Indians suffered. Going to the North Cape - a place of low population density disputed by Brazil and France - became the way out to preserve the life, culture, and ethnic identity of peoples like the Aroans and Karipuna