Territoriality Xavante - zomori

Abstract

This research deals with the Xavante territory and territoriality. Is well known that physical and cultural reproduction of the indigenous people is mostly conditioned to their territory delimitation, which contemplates the territoriality and the indigenous way of life. That was not the case when it comes to the Xavante’s territory. The delimitation of the Xavante’s indigenous territory in many patchy lands caused various social and environmental problems changing their way of life. The indigenous territory regards the relations of the space appropriation which has different aspects such as politics, symbology and cosmology of a certain indian tribe.