Integração desintegradora- os waimiri-atroari e os conflitos no posto de atração de atração alalaú II em 1974

Abstract

This research addresses the conflicts that occurred at the Indigenous Attraction Posts (P.I.A.) in the process of building the BR-174, a highway that crossed the territory occupied by the Waimiri-Atroari, during the period of the military dictatorship. The objective is to analyze and discuss how the resistance on the part of these indigenous people occurred, in the episode that occurred in October 1974 in the P.I.A. Alalaú II, on the Alalaú River. Historical research on the impacts of the military dictatorship in the Amazon has advanced in recent years, however, further studies on the subject are still needed, in addition, this research uses as a source the declassified documentation - once confidential - present in the Archive that was little explored, with this it is intended to contribute to historiography with studies on the subject, given that memory disputes about the period are still in place. With regard to methodological aspects, a qualitative approach was adopted using Content Analysis as a technique for working with sources. In view of this, it was possible to verify that the resistance of the Waimiri Atroari was effective, in that they did not refrain from defending their traditional territory from the invasion imposed by the Federal Government with the advancement of their “development” projects.