Dispossesed in our own land: the Payayá's Yapira in the Process of reclaiming indigenous territory

In the context of confronting colonialism and coloniality, the Payayá people resisted systematic banishment, violence, rape and the declaration of our extinction. Yapira, as the place of Payayá’s "here", emerged as Indigenous Territory in our movement to reclaim it at the end of the 20th c...

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Author: Lima-Payayá, Jamille da Silva
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE)
Repository:GeoUECE
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.uece.br:article/12793
Online Access:https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/GeoUECE/article/view/12793
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Povos indígenas
Colonialidade
Corporeidade
Lugar
Indigenous people
Coloniality
Corporeality
Place
Pueblos indígenas
Colonialidad
Corporeidad
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Summary:In the context of confronting colonialism and coloniality, the Payayá people resisted systematic banishment, violence, rape and the declaration of our extinction. Yapira, as the place of Payayá’s "here", emerged as Indigenous Territory in our movement to reclaim it at the end of the 20th century, in an ontological and metaphysical way: the possibility of being (identity) and responsibility (otherness). This paper discusses the process of dispossession as a strategy of colonial domination, pointing to the importance of place for the processes of indigenous peoples taking back their land.