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Aarhus Universitet
2000
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- 500 Years of Native Brazilian History John M. Monteiro Estudios Culturales Brazil Indians Ethnic groups In Brazil, historical studies focussing on indigenous peoples havelagged behind considerably. Unlike many other countries in the Americas,where an indigenous presence remains strong in the articulation of nationalidentities, the place of Indians in Brazilian national discourse has alwaysbeen couched in the past tense. An absolute minority, todays indigenouspopulation amounts to less than one-fifth of one percent of the totalnational population according to official statistics, which treat thembasically as remaining populations. Nevertheless, behind this negligiblestatistic lies a richer picture of tremendous diversity over 200 distinctethnic groups speaking 170 different languages and a historical legacythat the country has yet to come to terms with. Indeed, a narrativechronicling the decline and destruction of the Indians appears as thedominant trend among historians. Abstract by Redalyc. 2000 otro 1600-0110 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=16200201 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=162 Diálogos Latinoamericanos application/pdf Aarhus Universitet Diálogos Latinoamericanos (Dinamarca) Num.2