Os INDÍGENAS DA REGIÃO NORDESTE NA GUERRA DO PARAGUAI

Abstract

This text resulted from research seeking to analyze the conflict that occurred between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance (1864-1870), known in Brazil as the Paraguayan War, and in Paraguay as Guerra Grande, Guerra del 70 and Guerra de la Triple Alianza, considered by Brazilian historiography as the bloodiest military conflict in the Americas. The Paraguayan War is a topic discussed in recent years, based on new approaches by several researchers. With new points of view in relation to the War, such as the participation of different social groups such as indigenous people, black people, women, among others, in other words, a “history seen from below”, as the history of that conflict was analyzed for a long time from the perspectives of high-ranking military personnel or people holding government positions at the time. The Paraguayan War was seen as a watershed in the history of the platinum region, not only in the trajectories of nation-states such as Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, but also in the historical and sociocultural relations of indigenous peoples participating in the conflict, such as the Guarani , the Kadiwéu, the Kaiowá, the Terena, Wassú-Cocal, the Fulni-ô and the Xukuru do Ororubá, the latter inhabitants of Pernambuco.