Conflito territorial e sócio ambiental na região Surumu Terra Indígena Raposa Serra do Sol

Abstract

The research aimed to analyze the conflicts for the ownership of the land between Indians and settlers in the Indian Region Surumu Raposa Serra do Sol in Brazilian State of Roraima and the reasons that determined this conflict. To verify the processes arising from the occupation by non-Indians in the region and the repercussions for the indigenous community, as well as analyzing the results of conflicts in the economic, social and environmental implications for the community. We started from the hypothesis that the entry of squatters on Indian reserve, as was the small farmers that generated conflict and violence in indigenous communities. The research was conducted in the Surumu region being conducted interviews and life stories with leaders and professors. The survey results allowed us to verify that the entry of settlers changed the social, economic and cultural development of indigenous communities living in the Raposa Serra do Sol conflicts caused violence and the death of many indigenous and environmental degradation. This picture has been modified by the intervention of the religious organizations that supported the struggle for the demarcation of indigenous lands in Roraima State and the Brazilian federal government that guaranteed the landmark. The process of inoccupation of the land was long, demanding the intervention of the Brazilian Supreme Court actually to occur remove the invaders