Imprensas Indígenas nas Américas: os boletins de notícias Alcatraz Newsletter e Mensageiro em perspectiva comparada (1969-1980)

Abstract

The present research analyze by means of Comparative History the experience of two indigenous movement originating in Brazil and United States, by means newsletters by own indigenous activist. This Alcatraz Newsletter from Indians of All Tribes and Mensageiro from Conselho Indigenista Missionario together with indian peoples Karipuna, Galibi Marworno, Galibi Kaliña and Palikur. The temporal cut from 1969 and 1980 and space cut two places: San Francisco, United States and Oiapoque, Federal Territory of Amapa, in Brazil. The objective was to identify the social and political contexts of the creation of these publications and analyze how indigenous people produced and instrumentalized their own political vocabulary of struggle and demand, articulating their own readings of the past and political projects of emancipation in the future.