‘Juventude indígena’: um estudo de caso sobre os jovens da 1a Congregação da Terra Indígena de Dourados

Abstract

The present document is the result of research that includes the role of the 1st Presbyterian Congregation in the village of Jaguapirú, Indigenous Land Horta Barbosa, in the municipality of Dourados in the life of indigenous youths, Terena, Guarani and Kaiowá. With the focus on youth participation and the formation of Terena leaderships, in this religious space. To understand the participation and specificities of the indigenous youth, the intergenerational and political relations that involve the young people of the 1st Congregation, in order to observe the tensions and differences that may exist with / among these youths of the first generation of indigenous youth and the second generation, I also think about the facilitators or not that make these indigenous youth attend church, such as work, education, protection, security among others and identify what attracts young people to the 1st Congregation. This text is the result of the elaboration of a dissertation paper presented to the Postgraduate Program - Master in Anthropology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados.