Terras e territórios indígenas: dilemas, avanços e dificuldades na demarcação e garantia dos direitos dos povos indígenas no Brasil atual

Abstract

In this paper we study what is an indigenous land and what is an indigenous territory. It also brings information about how is the legal recognition process and wich are the institutional steps that culminate in the ratifi cation of a land. We analyse and compare the recognition processes of indigenous lands during Fer- nando Collor, Fernando Cardoso Henrique e Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva governments, and we conclude that during this last pe- riod an increase of violence ocurred against índigenous people, as well as a decrease in land recognition.