General Council of the Province of Pará and the Definition of the Indigenist Politics in the Empire of Brazil (1829-31)

Abstract

The objective of this article is to demonstrate how General Council of
the Province of Grão-Pará discussed and proposed projects that aimed to
intervene in the indigenist politics in operation, between 1829 and 1831.
Prioritily, it is sought to expose as this theme was vital for the province,
which explains largely why the indigenous issue was a subject that deserved
one of the largest numbers of projects and interventions presented in
General Council during the studied period. At the same time it is sought
to understand the tensions among the local and national interests in the
definition of an indigenist politics, reminding that just in 1845 a general law
will be formulated for all the Indians of the Empire of Brazil.