O significado da entrada e permanência de estudantes indígenas nas universidades públicas Brasileiras – “programa de índio” é estudar: a UFG em questão

Abstract

The work of this course; in conclusion, aims at reflecting and analyzing the Indigenous presence at the University level and at demonstrating the importance of the Indigenous epistemologies of Brazilian Indigenous peoples. In this way, the title refers to the process of Indigenous people in the academic space that involves knowledge and factors that influence their permanence or evasion. From this perspective, the present work is structured within the introduction and the two chapters. In the introduction, the trajectory of the author is the guiding thread to reflect and analyze the presence of Indigenous students at the University. The first chapter seeks to understand the meaning and implications of the University for the Original. peoples and the different concepts about the Indigenous and non-indigenous science. The second chapter highlights the “UFGInclui Program” implemented at the Federal University of Goiás in 2008; it exposes, to the Indigenous students, how to enter and the strategy to remain or to evade this program. Methodologically, this research is configured as a qualitative approach. It uses as a tool for data collection the literature review and the analysis of publications by Indigenous and non-indigenous authors, but prioritizing the former. Lastly, it emphasizes that “Programa de Índio” is to study! To claim our original rights is to fight and to remain as a force of RESISTANCE.