2024-07-262024-07-262020ORDÁLIA, Cristina Gonçalves Araújo; NAZARENO, Elias. Contatos interétnicos no Vale do Araguaia: os Iny e os colonizadores entre os séculos XVI e XX. Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña, Anápolis, v. 10, n. 3, p. 200-226, 2020. DOI: 10.32991/2237-2717.2020v10i3.p200-226. Disponível em: https://www.halacsolcha.org/index.php/halac/article/view/443. Acesso em: 25 jul. 2024.2237-2717http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br//handle/ri/25091This article investigates, based on the historiographical and anthropological literature, the history of the contacts established between the Iny during the colonization of the Brazilian territory, with emphasis on the way the Javaé interacted with the colonizers during the territorial occupation of the central region of Brazil, between the 16th and 20th centuries. Based on the expeditions that crossed “os sertões of Paraupava”, the history of interethnic contacts between the Javaé and the colonizers was analyzed, seeking, from a documentary and bibliographical analysis, the decolonial perspective, the Javaé point of view inserted in this literature. Thus, it is expected to contribute to the understanding of the protagonism and isolationist posture of these people in the interior of Bananal Island in practically the entire 19th century as a resistance to these contacts.porAcesso AbertoContatos interétnicosRio AraguaiaPovo JavaéInterethnic contactsAraguaia riverJavaé peopleArtigo10.32991/2237-2717.2020v10i3.p200-226