Os índios Krahô e a expansão do agronegócio no nordeste do estado do Tocantins

Abstract

The present work has as general objective to understand the conflicts and territorial disputes in the northeast of the state of Tocantins, from the agribusiness expansion on the Kraholândia Indigenous Reserve. The research is characterized by the exploratory-descriptive and qualitative character, which consists of the real contact with the reality under study. In order to obtain the pertinent data and information, two basic procedures were used: the bibliographical and documentary research and the direct contacts / field works. The Krahô people live in the Kraolândia Indigenous Land, which is located northeast of the State of Tocantins, between the municipalities of Goiatins and Itacajá and the rivers Manoel Alves Grande and Manoel Alves Pequeno, tributaries of the right bank of the Tocantins river. The production of space in the Brazilian countryside is marked by contradictions and conflicts of several orders. The neo-liberal developmental project imposed by the capitalist mode of production has agribusiness as its flagship. And the territorialization of capitalism in the Brazilian countryside is directly linked to the invasion and expropriation of the indigenous territories. The cerrado of Tocantins and the peoples inhabiting it, such as peasants, quilombolas and natives, have suffered systematically with the expansion of the agribusiness frontier. In this context, the Krahô people have been impacted by the advance of soy production in the region where they live, including from the point of view of their food, with the absence of hunting and fishing. It is noticeable that there is confinement and enclosure of the Krahô Indigenous Reserve by agribusiness.