Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Masters Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban Institute of Technology, 2006. / Neck pain is a common complaint and a common source of disability in the general population with a point prevalence of nearly 13%. Reports indicate that industry related neck disorders (lifetime incidence of nearly 50%) account for as many days of absenteeism as low back pain; one could compare the two clinical conditions in terms of these trends on a global scale. To investigate whether similar trends do exist, 200 participants with neck pain and 200 asymptomatic participants (stratified sampling according to age and gender) that consented to the research were clinically assessed. These participants also completed a questionnaire addressing the factors that have been identified as related to neck pain at the consultation where they were assessed. This research did not involve the treatment of the participants, although a free treatment was given for patients that opted for one or to those that required it post participation in the study. If treatment was outside the scope of the chiropractic clinic, the participants were referred to the appropriate health care provider. The aim of the study was to investigate factors associated with neck pain in the indigenous African population in the greater Durban area. Data was analysed according to the following: Descriptive statistics were interpreted by means of frequency tables, pie charts, bar graphs and / or in a tabular format in order to describe the sample characteristics of the population under study. Inferential statistics included regression analysis in order to determine any relationships between the patient‟s neck complaint characteristics and factors associated with the complaint. SPSS version 11.5 was used for data analysis (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Ill, USA). A p value of <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Descriptive analysis involved presenting or graphing categorical variables as counts and percentages, and quantitative variables as medians and interquartile ranges due to the skewness of the data. Associations between factors and neck pain were examined bivariately using Pearson‟s chi square or Fisher‟s exact tests as appropriate for categorical factors, or Mann-Whitney tests in the case of quantitative non-parametric data. Finally in order to examine the adjusted independent effects of all factors which were found to be individually significant in the bivariate analysis, multivariate binary logistic regression analysis was done. A backwards elimination modelling technique was used, based on likelihood ratios, with entry and exit probabilities set to 0.05 and 0.010 respectively. Results were reported as odds ratios, 95% confidence intervals and p values. Chi squared analyses was utilised to assess the strength of the relationship and the degree of significance of the relationship. All statistics were analyzed at a confidence interval of 95% and a level of significance where α ≤0.05 (pvalue). The symptomatic participants seemed to be less well educated than the controls. The cases seemed to be less in full time employment, less unemployed, and more self employed than the controls. Income was unevenly distributed among cases and controls. The cases who were working seemed to earn less than the controls who were working. The duration of having neck pain was mainly 1 month. The majority of cases classified their pain as mild. Most participants felt that their pain was worst in the afternoons or related to activities, while they felt their pain was least in the mornings. Frequency of neck pain was mainly constant (36.5%), followed by frequent (32.5%) and seldom (25%). Symptomatic participants mostly reported that their pain began without injury, gradually in 67.5% and abruptly in 13.5%. Fewer symptomatic participants reported pain beginning after an injury (n=22 gradually and n=7 abruptly). The majority reported their neck pain to be stable (38%), while 34% felt it was getting worse and only 19% getting better. More than half of the cases reported difficulty with work due to neck pain. Fewer reported difficulties with daily activities such as washing (30%), sleeping (26%), and lifting (24%). Almost half of the cases rated their disability as none (48%). Only 16% reported severe disability. Thirty-three percent (n=66) reported having been absent from work due to neck pain. The duration of absence in those who were absent was mainly 0-1 week (89.4%). 59 (29%) reported being bed-ridden with neck pain. The most frequent duration was also 0-1 week (81.4%). Ninety three point five percent reported no change in occupational status, while 6 (3%) were demoted, 5 (2.5%) boarded, and 2 (1%) fired. With respect to associated signs and symptoms, 156 (78%) reported to suffer from headaches. In addition, symptomatic participants were asked if they associated their neck pain with any other activities. The most commonly reported factor was stress (22%), followed by bad posture (17%). The other reported factors were reported infrequently. Participants who worked in occupations that involved driving, turning neck, answering the telephone, working in an air-conditioned room, and bending over a desk were significantly more at risk of being cases than controls. Non-occupational factors which were associated with neck pain were worrying a lot, motor vehicle accident, not enough bed support, not using arms to support a book, sitting without back or arm support, not watching TV a lot, and exercising. The results of the study suggest that neck pain within the indigenous African population is associated with the level of education, income, stress levels, bad posture, repetitive movements of the neck, and motor vehicle accidents. It was also found that most of neck pain patients do suffer from headaches. The findings show that neck pain is mostly classified as mild in nature with 1 month duration. Although neck pain was reported to be responsible for at least 7 days of absenteeism from work, causing difficulty with daily activities, most patients reported no disability as a result of neck pain.

This thesis intends to examine a sámi perspective on Swedish educational policy between 1962 and 1994. To do so the curriculum of the Swedish schools and the sámi schools are analyzed. The sámi perspective in the thesis is represented by the debate about educational policy in a sámi journal, Samefolket.The results show that the Swedish curriculums from 1962-1994 don’t mention the sámi people and only the last one, the one from 1980, are stating shortly that groups within Sweden are to be treated with solidarity. Otherwise the sámis aren’t mentioned. In the curriculums for the sámi schools that only permitted sámi children, one can find that the purpose of those schools were to strengthen the sámi people in their culture and language.In the debate about education politics in the journal Samefolket it appears that there were three themes of subjects that were central in the debate. The first was the debate on the organizational form of the sámi schools. It appears that the voices in the debate of educational policy in Samefolket wanted greater sami influence in the sami school, however, this study shows that the Samefolket-debate did not comment on the educational policy reforms themselves. The study shows that the sámi voices in Samefolket wanted to keep the special sámi schools and that the two motives, which was the second theme of the debate, were to keep and to defend their culture. In the curriculum för the sami schools, this was also the motive. The third theme was of how the school system in Sweden was educating the non-sámi people about the sámi. In this theme the prime focus was about how sámis were represented in Swedish textbooks and the study shows that there were, according to the voices in Samefolket, a great disappointment in these.At last, from a culture imperialistic theory one can make the observation that the sámi schools were motivated as an important institution because the Swedish school system couldn’t give the sámi an education to fulfill their cultural needs. This is a result from the analysis of the Swedish school curriculums in comparison with the debate in the journal Samefolket, where the Swedish schools were criticized for being ethnocentric in the sense that the text books presented a stereotype of the sámis. The culture, most often represented by the language, play an important role in the educational policy debate in the Samefolket, which strengthen a language-based definition of the sámi culture.

The growth and productivity of kauri (Agathis australis (D. Don) Lindl.) in even-aged single-species planted stands and mixed-aged second-growth natural stands has been studied. Stand-level models of height, basal area and whole-tree volume were developed. Kauri growth and productivity in planted stands up to 83 years old were compared to that of natural stands that were up to 196 years of age. Within natural stands, the effect of thinning treatments on growth and productivity was also assessed. Models of growth and productivity were initially developed for each of the three different kauri stand types independently (planted, second-growth unthinned and thinned). Combined data sets allowed for the development of single models that were able to fit all stands. A Schumacher equation with local slope parameter and asymptote bounded at 45 m gave the best fit for height growth, while a von Bertalanffy-Richards equation in difference form with local slope parameter gave the best fit for basal area growth. Kauri in all stand types were found to be slow to establish with little height growth in planted stands for the first five years after planting, and for the first 25 years in natural stands. Similar trends were observed for basal area and whole-tree volume development. Models developed in this study are relevant only to kauri in the “ricker” or monopodial form irrespective of age, and for stands from 320-2000 stems/ha. Kauri growth and productivity in planted stands was substantively better than that in second-growth stands. Planted kauri had height increment of 0.4 m/yr for periods of up to 30 years. At age 50, planted kauri was predicted to be 20 m in height, over twice the height of kauri in natural stands, and to be 28.1 m by 100 years. Basal area at age 50 averaged 64.9 m2/ha for all planted stands, and was predicted to be 98.2 m2/ha at age 100. Whole-tree volume was predicted to increase by 11.7 m3/ha/annum for all stands, but was as high as 20.6 m3/ha/yr in one 70 year old stand. The maximum productivity of kauri was observed in one high-performing young kauri planted stand where whole-tree volume increment in excess of 30 m3/ha/yr were predicted for a period from age 15-30. Carbon sequestration was calculated from the volume model and predicted to be 316 t C/ha and 1168 t CO2/ha at age 100. Mortality of kauri in planted stands was as high as 3.9%/yr for individual stands, over their entire rotation to date. For all stands, mortality averaged 0.56%/yr. The highest mortality occurred in the years before the first assessment and averaged 0.64%/yr for all stands. From the first to the last assessment mortality averaged 0.30%/yr. Where mortality in individual stands was above the average rate the dominant cause was drought. The growth and productivity of kauri in second-growth stands was only marginally improved by thinning to reduce competition. The volume removed in thinning operations had not been replaced in the (up to) 50 years since thinning treatments were applied. At age 150, the predicted height of kauri in unthinned control and thinned stands were identical at 25.9 m. Basal area at age 150 was 64.5 m2/ha in unthinned stands and 52.6 m2/ha in thinned stands. Whole-tree volume was predicted to be 681 m3/ha in unthinned and 549 m3/ha in thinned stands. Volume increment peaked at 5.2 m3/ha/yr in unthinned stands and 4.7 m3/ha/yr in thinned stands. This study has shown that the worst growth and productivity of kauri in planted stands was better than that of the best natural stands. The difference in performance between plantation and second-growth kauri was most likely a result of a combination of lower site quality characteristics (soil type and fertility), stand structure and within-stand competition of natural stands. The data for planted kauri came from 31 permanent sample plots located in 25 planted stands. These stands ranged in age from 14-83 years at the last assessment, and ranged in stand density from 218-1800 stems/ha. The overall number of planted stands and plots from which data was available to develop models was small in comparison to many exotic forest species datasets. The majority of the planted stands were not silviculturally treated after planting, and considerable variation in establishment methods was recorded. The results of productivity from the models developed for planted kauri should therefore be considered to be conservative. The results of this study indicate an opportunity to grow kauri in plantations on good quality sites for the production of high quality sapwood timber over rotations of 60 years or less. They also indicate that second-growth stands will produce usable volumes of timber, but only over extended periods of time. To ensure that kauri in planted stands can meet the potential observed during the development of these models, a series of well-managed stands on a range of sites is urgently required where the effects of timely silviculture, including initial stand density, can be assessed, quantified and reported on. Further research on selection and breeding for the species would improve the early establishment and growth of planted kauri resulting in a reduced rotation length. Research on long-term management strategies that include continuous cover forestry may make the species an attractive proposition for carbon forestry and/or for the production of high quality, naturally durable heartwood. The dataset compiled for this study was the best data available. While it cannot as yet be used to develop prescriptions for the establishment and maintenance of planted kauri stands, it does provide clues and directions that should be pursued in further research, however.

The focus of this practicum project is to provide a culturally relevant, as well as mentally, emotionally, and spiritually supportive, funeral home for the Indigenous community in Saskatoon and surrounding area. The current Westwood Funeral Home at 1402 20th St. West in Treaty 6 Territory and owned by the Saskatoon Funeral Home, was updated in order to improve the services offered to their Indigenous patrons. Drawing on key principles of Indigenous worldviews regarding the natural environment and experience, the proposed design is a result of the investigation of three main theoretical frameworks: traditional Indigenous worldviews, nature centred design, and sensory perception involving multisensory design. / February 2017

The dissertation studies the relationship between Québécois and Indigenous peoples with regards to two different approaches to self-determination. It offers a critique of sovereignty-based self-determination in the form of the nation-state – a hegemonic model throughout the world and within Québécois political imagination – by shining light on the co-constitutive relationship between vulnerability and sovereignty, tracing the origins of their conceptual association in the work of Hobbes. The dissertation argues that, comparatively, by asserting the priority of relationality over individuality, the work of Marcel Mauss contributes to a relational theory of self-determination. By positing togetherness, relationality, reciprocity, and difference as forming the most basic reality of politics, Maussian gifting offers new perspectives on the question of vulnerability in the context of intercultural relations. Finally, through a study of the ethos of Indigenous treaty philosophy, the dissertation argues for re-envisioning Québécois self-determination through the role of treaty partner and honouring the gift of hospitality contained in the early treaties and alliances of peace and friendship with Indigenous peoples. / Graduate / 2020-04-18

Este trabalho analisa a política de incorporação dos povos e territórios amazônicos aos domínios portugueses, do início da colonização (1614) à promulgação do Diretório dos Índios (1757). A partir da constatação de que os autóctones estavam na base tanto dos projetos políticos quanto econômicos, verificam-se as variações da legislação indigenista, bem como os princípios fundamentais que a nortearam. Esta análise sugere uma revisão do debate acerca da relação entre domínio imperial e mercado de trabalho na formação do Brasil. / This study analyzes the incorporation of Amazonian indigenous peoples and their territories to the Portuguese imperial dominium, from the beginning of the colonization process (1614) until the promulgation of the Diretório dos Índios (1757). Considering the Native peoples integral role in the Portuguese political and economical policies, this study attempts to evaluate the variations of the legislation to the Amazon region, as well as its guiding principles. This analysis suggests a revision of the discussion about the relation between imperial dominium and labor market in the formation of Brazil.

Introdução - Desde a criação do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), muitas mudanças ocorreram nas políticas públicas voltadas aos povos indígenas. A intensa luta dos movimentos indígenas subsidiou a proposta da criação e organização do Subsistema de Atenção à Saúde Indígena em 1999, sendo a Fundação Nacional de Saúde (FUNASA) designada como gestora e executora das ações de saúde indígena no país, no período de 1999 a 2010. Após 2010, a responsabilidade pela saúde indígena foi atribuída a Secretaria Especial de Saúde Indígena (SESAI). Em 2011, a Política Nacional de Saúde Bucal definiu a reorganização do modelo de atenção em saúde bucal para os povos indígenas, propondo-se que seja planejada a partir de um diagnóstico das condições de saúde-doença e subsidiada pela epidemiologia e informações sobre o território indígena, além de acompanhar o impacto das ações por meio de indicadores adequados. Objetivo - Analisar componentes de saúde bucal da Política Nacional de Saúde Indígena com foco na atenção à saúde bucal das comunidades do Xingu, considerando as tendências da cárie dentária entre crianças e jovens e as ações implementadas no período de 2004 a 2013. Método - Pesquisa com abordagem qualiquantitativa, do tipo estudo de caso, com o uso de dados secundários do Distrito Sanitário Especial Indígena Xingu e do Projeto Xingu, da Universidade Federal de São Paulo, a partir dos quais foram gerados indicadores de avaliação. Foi analisada a evolução, nesse período, dos indicadores de cobertura de primeira consulta odontológica programática, tratamento odontológico básico concluído, proporção de exodontia em relação aos procedimentos, média da ação coletiva de escovação dental supervisionada do Baixo, Médio e Leste Xingu. Foram utilizados os índices de experiência de cárie dentária (CPO-D e ceo-d) para as idades de 5 e 12 anos e no grupo etário de 15 a 19 anos, a partir de inquéritos epidemiológicos, realizados em 2007 e 2013, utilizando a padronização preconizada pela Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS). Para contextualizar os indicadores, foi realizada uma revisão da produção científica sobre saúde bucal dos povos indígenas no Brasil no período de 1999 a 2014, bem como a análise de propostas relacionadas à saúde bucal dos povos indígenas nas cinco Conferências Nacionais de Saúde Indígena (1986 a 2013), na 3ª Conferência Nacional de Saúde Bucal (2004) e nas 13ª e 14ª Conferências Nacionais de Saúde (2007 e 2011). Resultados - Observou-se uma cobertura de primeira consulta odontológica programática maior que 60 por cento em todos os anos analisados, exceto nos anos de 2009 e 2010 com uma cobertura de 44,68 por cento e 53,41 por cento , respectivamente. O indicador de tratamento odontológico básico concluído apresentou um aumento significativo entre os anos 2006 e 2008, de 44,89 para 79,93. A proporção de exodontia em relação aos procedimentos apontou queda de 24,26 em 2004 para 3,84 em 2011. A média da ação coletiva de escovação dental supervisionada foi o indicador com maior variabilidade (de 1,25 a 23,27) entre os anos. Os valores de ceo-d e CPO-D indicaram padrões diferentes de cárie dentária entre os grupos. Foram examinados 368 pacientes em 2007 e 423 em 2013. Aos 5 anos, apresentou-se uma média de ceo-d de 6,43 em 2007 e 5,85 em 2013. Aos 12 anos de idade, média de CPO-D de 2,54 em 2007 e 2,78 em 2013. No grupo etário de 15 a 19 anos, verificou-se uma média de 6,89 em 2007 e 4,65 em 2013, sendo o único grupo com diferença estatisticamente significante (p<0,05). O Índice de Cuidados Odontológicos diminui em todos os grupos entre 2007 e 2013, sendo que aos 5 anos houve uma diminuição de 21,74 por cento para 7,14 por cento , aos 12 anos de 44,09 por cento para 16,35 por cento e de 63,14 por cento para 41,14 por cento no grupo etário de 15 a 19 anos. Conclusão - Este estudo descreve avanços e dificuldades na implementação do programa de saúde bucal no Baixo, Médio e Leste Xingu, com implicações importantes para programas de saúde bucal em áreas indígenas e para a produção de indicadores válidos nos serviços de atenção à saúde indígena. As estratégias de intervenções e parcerias com instituições privadas e públicas identificadas para melhorar a organização dos serviços, a equidade e o acesso da população indígena à saúde bucal, buscaram diminuir os entraves burocráticos e as iniquidades de saúde. A busca da integralidade da atenção através de parcerias com a própria comunidade e com outros setores foi realizada através de estratégias sensíveis às especificidades locais. Os resultados refletem uma tendência de diminuição da cárie nos dentes permanentes, apresentando um declínio da média de CPO-D no grupo etário de 15 a 19 anos e de avanços do programa. A efetiva diferenciação proposta nas conferências nacionais e nas políticas direcionadas aos povos indígenas, não tem se concretizado integralmente. O direito e o acesso à saúde para os povos indígenas são grandes desafios, sendo ainda tratados de forma homogênea e não diferenciada. Sugere-se a incorporação efetiva da realização de levantamentos epidemiológicos de saúde bucal que sejam específicos para cada realidade e que os programas busquem tecnologias, determinantes e especificidades no cotidiano do trabalho, para buscar minimizar os impactos que a sociedade nacional envolvente vem produzindo na saúde indígena. / Introduction - Since the creation of the Unified Health System (SUS), many changes have taken place in public policies related to indigenous population in Brazil. The intense struggle of the indigenous movements supported the proposal of the creation and organization of the Subsystem of the Indigenous Healthcare in 1999. The National Health Foundation (FUNASA) has been designated as manager and executor of actions indigenous health in the country, from 1999 to 2010. After 2010, responsibility for indigenous health was awarded the Indigenous Health Special Secretariat (SESAI). In 2011, the National Oral Health Policy defined the reorganization of the oral health care model for indigenous population, proposing that it be planned from a diagnosis of the health-disease conditions and subsidized by the epidemiology and information on the indigenous territory, monitor the impact of actions through appropriate indicators. Objective Analyze oral health component of the National Indigenous Health Policy focused on attention of oral health of the Xingu Indigenous Park, considering the trends of tooth decay among children and youth and the actions from 2004 to 2013. Method - research with quali-quantitative approach, the case study type, using secondary data from the Xingu Indigenous Special Sanitary District and the Xingu Project at the Federal University of São Paulo, from which evaluation indicators were generated. It was analyzed the evolution of the first programmatic dental consultation coverage indicators, basic dental treatment finished, extraction of proportion in relation to the procedures, average collective action of supervised toothbrushing the Lower, Middle and East Xingu. The indices of dental caries experience (DMFT and dmft) were used for ages 5 and 12 years and those aged 15-19 years from epidemiological surveys conducted in 2007 and 2013, using the standardization recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). To contextualize the indicators, a review of scientific literature on oral health of indigenous population in Brazil from 1999 to 2014 was carried out and an analysis of proposals related to the oral health of indigenous population in five National Conference of Indigenous Health (1986 to 2013), the 3rd National Conference on Oral Health (2004) and the 13th and 14th National Health Conferences (2007 and 2011). Results - It was observed a cover of first programmatic dental consultation greater than 60 per cent in all years studied, except in 2009 and 2010 with a cover of 44.68 per cent and 53.41 per cent , respectively. The basic dental treatment finished indicator showed a significant increase between 2006 and 2008, from 44.89 to 79.93. The proportion of extraction for procedures faced decrease of 24.26 in 2004 to 3.84 in 2011. The average of collective action of supervised toothbrushing was the indicator with the highest variability (1.25 to 23.27) among years. The values of dmft and DMFT showed different patterns of dental caries between groups. 368 patients were examined in 2007 and 423 in 2013. At 5 years old, performed an average of dmft of 6.43 in 2007 and 5.85 in 2013. At 12 years old, a DMFT average of 2.54 in 2007 and 2.78 in 2013. In the age group 15-19 years of 6.89 in 2007 and 4.65 in 2013, the only group with a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05). The Dental Care index decreased in all groups between 2007 and 2013, and to 5 years old there was a decrease of 21.74 per cent to 7.14 per cent , to 12 years old 44.09 per cent to 16.35 per cent and 63 14 per cent to 41.14 per cent in the age group 15-19 years. Conclusion - This study shows progress and difficulties in the implementation of oral health program in the Lower, Middle and East Xingu, with important implications for oral health programs in indigenous territories and to produce valid indicators in care services for indigenous health. The strategies of interventions and partnerships with private and public institutions identified to improve the organization of services, equity and access of the indigenous population to oral health, sought to reduce the bureaucratic barriers and health inequities. The pursuit of integrality care through partnerships with the community and other sectors was conducted through sensitive strategies to local conditions. The results reflect a trend of reduction in decay in permanent teeth, showing a decline in DMFT average in the age group 15-19 years and the progress of the program. The effective differentiation proposed in national conferences and targeted policies on indigenous population, has not fully realized. The right and access to health care for indigenous population are major challenges still being treated evenly and undifferentiated. It is suggested the effective incorporation to carry out epidemiological surveys of oral health that are specific to each reality and that programs seek technologies, and specific determinants in daily work, to seek to minimize the impacts that nacional society surrounding has produced in indigenous health.

Os últimos quinze anos foram marcados por um aumento expressivo de ações afirmativas nas universidades públicas brasileiras, propiciando, entre muitas coisas, uma presença significativa de estudantes indígenas em cursos de graduação e, mais recentemente, de pósgraduação por todo o país. A partir desse contexto e do acompanhamento de experiências em duas instituições de ensino superior, a UFSCar e a UFAM, buscamos, neste trabalho, entrelaçar dois conjuntos de questões. Em um primeiro momento, refletimos sobre as motivações e possibilidades de ingresso de estudantes indígenas às universidades, focando no debate em torno da constituição de políticas de ação afirmativa. Explora-se, nele, tanto a perspectiva institucional, de Estado, na elaboração e implementação das políticas afirmativas, quanto as perspectivas das populações indígenas, a partir do envolvimento e atuação de estudantes e do movimento indígena nesses processos. Com isso, oferecemos exemplos da variedade de possibilidades existentes de implementação de ações afirmativas em cursos regulares de graduação e pós-graduação, e alguns de seus desafios. No momento seguinte, voltamos o olhar para a presença de estudantes indígenas nas universidades, para os modos como constroem suas experiências no ensino superior e como refletem sobre elas. Nas experiências de estudantes indígenas de graduação, destacamos os agenciamentos e movimentos dos/as estudantes em torno de discussões sobre \"cultura\" e \"conhecimento\", assim como suas reflexões sobre a importância de ocuparem as universidades, para se tornarem mais visíveis e mais fortes nesse espaço. No último capítulo, abordamos a presença de estudantes indígenas em cursos de pós-graduação (stricto sensu). Partindo de um breve panorama dessa presença no país, levantamos um debate acerca de noções como \"autoantropologia\" e \"antropologia indígena\". Finalizamos com as experiências de antropólogos indígenas Yepamahsã (Tukano) do NEAI/PPGAS/UFAM, que nos permitem perceber as múltiplas possibilidades do exercício antropológico, ao construírem, atualizarem e comporem distintos modos de conhecimento. / During the last fifteen years, there has been an expressive increase of affirmative actions in Brazilian public universities, providing, among many things, a significant presence of indigenous students in undergraduate and, more recently, graduate courses throughout the country. Regarding this context and by the observation of experiences in two higher education institutions, UFSCar e UFAM, this work aims to interweave two sets of questions. At first, we reflect on the motivations and possibilities of indigenous students joying universities, focusing on the debate about the constitution of affirmative action policies. It explores both the institutional, State perspective, at the elaboration and implementation of affirmative policies; and the perspectives of indigenous populations, based on the involvement and participation of students and the indigenous movement in these processes. With this, we offer examples of the variety of existing possibilities for implementing affirmative action in regular undergraduate and graduate courses, and some of its challenges. Following, we focus on the presence of indigenous students in universities, regarding the ways in which they construct their experiences in higher education, and how they reflect on them. The experiences of indigenous undergraduate students are mainly addressed by the students\' assemblies and movements that carried out debates about \"culture\" and \"knowledge\", as well as their reflections on the importance of occupying universities, in order to become more visible and stronger in this space. In the last chapter, we address the presence of indigenous students in postgraduate courses (stricto sensu). Starting from a brief panorama of this presence in the country, we raised a debate about notions like \"autoanthropology\" and \"indigenous anthropology\". We conclude with the experiences of indigenous anthropologists Yepamahsã (Tukano) of the NEAI/PPGAS/UFAM, which allow us to perceive the multiple possibilities of the anthropological exercise, when constructing, updating and composing different modes of knowledge.

<p>All of the work described in this dissertation involves the use of Indigenous research frameworks to design research projects, to facilitate communication with Indigenous communities that I have collaborated with, and also to teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students. Indigenous research frameworks emphasize the importance of place in relation to the integrity of cultural values espoused by many Indigenous communities. This entails a respect for the spirituality component of Indigenous people because this is often directly tied to relationships between the land, animals, and plants of their local environments.</p> <p>While some research has been conducted to help understand Indigenous people’s understandings of geoscience, less emphasis has been placed on recognizing and leveraging common connections Indigenous students make between their Traditional cultures and Western science. Thus, the research presented in this dissertation identifies connections Indigenous learners make between geology concepts and their everyday lives and cultural traditions in both formal and informal settings. Some of these connections have been integrated into place-based geoscience education modules that were implemented within an introductory environmental science course. </p> <p>Qualitative analysis, using a socioTransformative constructivism theoretical lens, of semi-structured interviews after implementation of a Sharing/Learning program for an Acoma pilot project, implemented informally, and for a series of geoscience education modules at a private university provides evidence that elements reflective of the use of sociotransformative constructivism (e.g. connections between global and localized environmental issues) were acknowledged by the participants as particularly impactful to their experience during implementation of the geoscience-focused activities. In addition to the socioTransformative theoretical perspective, Indigenous research frameworks (i.e. Tribal Critical Race Theory) were used to contextualize the educational interventions for two different Indigenous communities, Acoma Pueblo and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Tribal Critical Race Theory was not used to analyze the semi-structured interviews. Instead the Indigenous research frameworks were used to ensure that the research practices undertaken within these Indigenous communities were respectful of the Indigenous community’s cultural values, that Indigenous data sovereignty was paramount, and so that the research objectives were transparent. In addition, permission to publish the results of this research was sought from the governing entities of both Tribal Councils of Acoma Pueblo and the Yakama Nation.</p> <p>The research presented in this dissertation provides evidence that academic research can be undertaken in respectful ways that benefit Indigenous communities. The connections that participants in the Acoma Sharing/Learning program could potentially be used to create more culturally relevant educational materials for the Acoma Pueblo community, if that is what the governing entities of the Acoma Pueblo community desire. The modules implemented more formally at a private university could potentially, with permission from the governing entities of the Yakama Nation, be integrated into geoscience programs at a broader level creating opportunities for contemporary Indigenous perspectives to be valued alongside Western modern science. Moving forward, this could potentially increase interest among Indigenous community members in pursuing academic pathways within geoscience disciplines.</p> <p>The research pursued in this dissertation is only a beginning. Approaches to research that promote the agency of local communities in the types of research questions asked and how that research is conducted should be a priority for Western scientists to maintain a respectful relationship with the many communities, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, in which they work. It is my intention to be part of this revolution in how academic researchers interact with contemporary Indigenous communities as well as the next generation of scientists. In the future, my research will continue to serve and benefit Indigenous communities, but I will also begin asking research questions that will help increase the use of diverse and equitable practices within academia. In this way, I hope to bridge the two worlds of Indigenous Knowledge systems and Western science with the primary purpose of maintaining respect among these two communities. In the future, my research will focus on how these respectful practices can move beyond academic research and pedagogy into the realms of professional development, mentoring, and community revitalization.</p>

Esta dissertação enfoca as contradições e conflitos da convivência dos Tukano de Pari- Cachoeira (Brasil) e Tuyuka de Trinidad (Colômbia) e a construção da autodeterminação indígena na fronteira Brasil-Colômbia, pois, mesmo depois da demarcação da Terra Indígena Alto Rio Negro em 1998, ficaram entrecortados pela fronteira. Este fato ameaça as relações de diversos matizes entre esses dois grandes povoados, a saber, prejudicam as relações de parentesco e circulação. Pari-Cachoeira é uma comunidade habitada pelo povo Tukano, do subgrupo Pãsi Põã, localizada no alto rio Tiquié, Uaupés, Brasil. Trinidad é habitada pelo povo Tuyuka, alto Tiquié, na Gran Resguardo Indígena Del Vaupés, Departamento Del Vaupés, Colômbia. No cenário da política indígena do rio Negro, Pari-Cachoeira se destaca por ser o lugar onde se originou o Movimento Indígena do rio Negro, no início da década de 70, que culminou na fundação da Federação das Organizações Indígenas do rio Negro (FOIRN), em 1987. E, Trinidad se destaca por estar situada em uma zona de conflito entre Governo colombiano e as Forças Armada Revolucionária da Colômbia (FARC), que ameaça a circulação e a autonomia indígena em território colombiano. A dissertação está constituída por quatro capítulos. O primeiro capítulo apresenta o contexto histórico dos indígenas do alto rio Negro e o movimento indígena na atualidade. Conjugo informações bibliográficas acadêmicas e as fontes orais dos sujeitos sociais da pesquisa. No segundo capítulo apresentamos uma abordagem teórica dos conceitos selecionados para a pesquisa, baseados em autores da geografia e ciências afins que estudam os povos e comunidades indígenas, soberania e autodeterminação, fronteira e circulação e o paradoxo da política: poder e liberdade, que também constitui o ser indígena. No terceiro capítulo enfatizamos as relações de convivência entre indígenas e não-indígenas e principalmente de Pari-Cachoeira e Trinidad , no qual destacamos os aspectos positivos e negativos da presença de missionários, militares e ONGs. No quarto capitulo apresentamos a fronteira viva, a importância e os desafios das relações de convivência entre indígenas de Pari-Cachoeira e Trinidad, que fortalecem a construção da autodeterminação indígena na faixa de fronteira, onde circulam constantemente para pescar, caçar, trabalhar nas roças, visitar seus parentes, participar de eventos culturais, políticos e esportivos. A análise de convivência e construção da autodeterminação desses povos na faixa de fronteira, tem o objetivo de chamar atenção da política externa brasileira e colombiana, para a necessidade de criar normas de convivência e mobilidade na fronteira entre os dois países em acordo com as lideranças locais , garantindo, então, a segurança desses povos para que se sintam livres e vivam de acordo com seus princípios e tradições sem perder a nacionalidade de ambos os países. A dissertação demonstra que a construção de autodeterminação indígena não significa a luta por um Estado independente, mas constitui a lógica de liberdade de gerir seus próprios interesses, de sustentabilidade das comunidades indígenas e de convivência familiar presente no relacionamento familiar entre os grupos; e que a presença indígena na Amazônia e na fronteira representa uma importância geopolítica para o Brasil e Colômbia. / This work focuses the contradictions and conflicts of the coexistence of Tukano de Pari Cachoeira (Brazil) and Tuyuka of Trinidad (Colombia) and construction of the selfdetermination indigenous in the border Brazil-Colombia, that even with the demarcation of the Indigenous Land Alto Rio Negro in 1998, they were interrupted by the border. This fact threatens the relationships of several shades among those two great towns, to know, the relationship relationships and circulation are harmed. Pari Cachoeira is an inhabited community for the people Tukano, of the subgroup Pãsi Põã, located in the Alto Rio Tiquié, Uaupés, Brazil. Trinidad is inhabited by the people Tuyuka, Alto Tiquié, in Gran Resguardo Indígena Del Vaupés, Department Del Vaupés, Colombia. In the scenery of the indigenous politics of the Rio Negro, Pari Cachoeira stands out for being the place where arose the Indigenous Movement of the Rio Negro, in the beginning of the decade of 70, that it culminated in the foundation of the Federation of the Indigenous Organizations of the Rio Negro (FOIRN), in 1987; and Trinidad stands out for being placed in a conflict area among Colombian Government and the Armed forces Revolutionary of Colombia (FARC), that threatens the circulation and the autonomy indigenous in Colombian territory. The work is constituted of four chapters. The first chapter presents the natives\' of the Alto Rio Negro historical context and the indigenous movement today. I conjugate bibliographical information of the academy and orals of the subject of the research. In the second chapter we turned a theoretical approach of the concepts selected for the research, based on authors of the geography and sciences that study the people and indigenous communities, sovereignty and self-determination, border and circulation and the paradox of the politics: to can and freedom, that also constitutes being indigenous. In the third chapter we emphasized the coexistence relationships among natives and no-indigenous. and mainly of Pari Cachoeira and Trinidad., in which detached the positive and negative aspects of the missionaries\' presence, military and ONGs. In the room I surrender presented the \"alive border\", the importance and the challenges of the coexistence relationships among natives of Pari Cachoeira and Trinidad, that strengthen the construction of the indigenous self-determination in the border strip, where they constantly circulate to fish, to hunt, to work at the countries, to visit their relatives, to participate in events cultural, political and sporting. With the coexistence analysis and construction of the self-determination of those people in the border strip, the objective is to call attention of the Brazilian and Colombian foreign policy, for the need to create coexistence norms and mobility in the border among the two countries In agreement with the local leaderships guaranteeing, then, the safety of those people so that if they feel free and live in agreement with their beginnings and traditions without losing the nationality of both countries. The study demonstrates that the construction of indigenous self-determination doesn\'t mean the fight for an independent State, but it constitutes the logic of freedom of managing their own interests, of the indigenous communities\' sustainability and of present family coexistence in the family relationship among the groups; and that the indigenous presence in the Amazonian and border represents an importance geopolitics for Brazil and Colombia.