O povo kaingang e a dinâmica de sua cultura alimentar: um estudo na terra indígena de Rio das Cobras-PR

Abstract

By studying the dominant historiography, it’s clear that indigenous peoples in Brazil were excluded from the processes of territorial occupation and often suffered impositions in their customs and his way of life. The European colonizer, placing his culture above all, promoted the exclusion and expulsion of native populations from their traditional territories. With the present work, we seek to understand how the changes in the food culture of the Kaingang people of the Rio das Cobras Indigenous Territory, located in the municipality of Nova Laranjeiras-PR. The work was developed through field research with participant observation, semi-structured and open interviews with families from different locations of the Rio das Cobras Indigenous Land in 2019. It was concluded that despite the imposition of other foods and the growing transformation of the eating habits of the Kaingang people, food is still a form of resistance for these indigenous people.