The Xavante territory (one more time) on the mining way

Abstract

The present monography aims at analyzing the main consequences of the settlement of economical infra-structure activities in Indian Lands (IL) or in nearby areas, conventionalized as Areas of Direct Influence (ADI). The proposal concentrates over the mining activities planned by the public-private or private only sectors for the Rio das Mortes sub-basin, inserted in the Araguaia basin, northeast of Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The analysis aims at presenting the latent pressures the Xavante territory may suffer due to the sudden rise of non-indian presence in the areas nearby the Reservation and verify the possible consequences of that fast change in its habitat. In other words, one intends to show that the enlargement of those pressures upon the IL (Indian Land), and upon the Xavante people not only implies the worsening of sociocultural disaggregation, but it can also trigger land disputes which may begin outside the Reservation and fatally end up in the Xavante territory.