Indigenous sociodiversities: challenges of thepresent time for teaching History

Abstract

Based on their protagonisms, indigenous people claim sociodiversities, the various forms of being indigenous with different sociocultural expressions, claiming the recognition of rights, raising questions about the place of indigenous peoples in narratives about the History of Brazil, in discussions about ethnic-racial relations in Education, in teaching practices and in the teaching of History. Critically studying indigenous peoples is recognizing them as part of our society, occupying different spaces, producing knowledge, questioning the history of Brazil, asserting themselves as historical and contemporary subjects of rights. And, above all, to rethink the generic, superficial, prejudiced images and discourses in the contents and pedagogical practices about the so-called “Indians”, and thus overcome the many stereotypes, misunderstandings and prejudices. It is (re)knowing rights established in the Federal Constitution approved in 1988 and in force, as well as ratified in the LDB and in subsequent legislation, understanding the meanings that represent the indigenous sociodiversities in our country. These are challenges of the present time for teaching History.