Decolonial Indigenous Education: Contribution to Ethnic-Racial and Intercultural Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reflect on some issues of intercultural and decolonial education, based on the Latin American decolonial thought that, in this research, since 2017 until the present day, has been developing in the villages of the Indigenous Territory of Alto Guamá River (TIARG), in Santa Luzia do Pará, and the Karipuna People, located in the Uaçá Indigenous Territory, Oiapoque County, Amapá State. This article was constructed from an ethnographic research and field expeditions carried out with indigenous teachers and students, both in the village of São Pedro and in the school of the village Frasqueira, Tembé Tenetehara people, and in the village Manga, in the Uaçá Indigenous Land, Karipuna people, with the objective of presenting a proposal for ethnic-racial decolonial education. Inserting ethnic-cultural diversity in indigenous intercultural education is a major challenge. In this regard, it is an opportunity to think about ethnic-racial education, that is, to present a critical conception, resignifying eurocentric positions regarding to the situation of ethnic-racial relations in Brazil. The intervention of ethnic-racial practice and interculturality in pedagogical practice enables different types of knowledge and establishes a relationship of equality, dialogue and respect.