A trajetória política de Damiana da Cunha: poder e representações na capitania e província de Goiás

Abstract

The study of the political trajectories of indigenous peoples in Brazil is still very recent, the result of a colonialist practice that tends to inferiorize the protagonist role of certain historical subjects. Damiana da Cunha trajectory at the end of the XVIII and beginning of the XIX century aims to historically analyze the indigenous woman's performance, understand the character's representations, as well as the exercise of leadership as a mediator in the Captaincy and Province of Goiás, highlighting the possibilities of coexistence within the context of the village policy that progressively advanced over native lands.