Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-10-04T22:31:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 GildyClerFerreiraDaSilva_DISSERT.pdf: 4226948 bytes, checksum: c2805265d010f1f046653b4da29486dd (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-10-13T22:14:11Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 GildyClerFerreiraDaSilva_DISSERT.pdf: 4226948 bytes, checksum: c2805265d010f1f046653b4da29486dd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-13T22:14:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GildyClerFerreiraDaSilva_DISSERT.pdf: 4226948 bytes, checksum: c2805265d010f1f046653b4da29486dd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-20 / No in?cio do s?culo XXI, no Rio Grande do Norte, v?rias comunidades t?m se autodeclarado ind?genas e passaram a cobrar a garantia de seus direitos enquanto cidad?os perante o Estado brasileiro. Segundo os dados do IBGE/RN (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estat?stica do Rio Grande do Norte), o n?mero de pessoas ind?genas no estado totaliza 2.597. Entretanto, o estudo desse fen?meno (a emerg?ncia ind?gena) tem se limitado ao campo de an?lise dos antrop?logos, permanecendo carente de an?lise do ponto de vista historiogr?fico. Podemos inferir que essa car?ncia, at? certo ponto, deve-se aos estudos desenvolvidos por intelectuais locais durante o s?culo XX e os primeiros anos do s?culo XXI. Analisamos algumas obras dedicadas ? hist?ria do Rio Grande do Norte para buscar perceber como se construiu o que podemos chamar de ?tese do ?desaparecimento? do ?ndio? do estado. Assim, analisamos historicamente o processo de emerg?ncia, de constru??o das identidades e das tradi??es dos Potiguara do Catu (Goianinha/Canguaretama ? RN). Por fim, examinamos a constru??o dos espa?os por esses sujeitos (a partir de uma cartografia afetiva), levando em considera??o um conjunto de possibilidades materiais, simb?licas e m?sticas que fazem parte desse processo de afirma??o da identidade ind?gena. / In the beginning of the 21st century, in Rio Grande do Norte, many communities have declared themselves as indigenous and started to charge the warranty of their rights as citizens towards Brazilian State. According to IBGE/RN, the number of indigenous people in the State is equal 2.597. Therefore, the studies of that phenomenon (the indigenous rise) has been limited to the anthropologic analysis area, remaining absent of historiography analysis. We can infer such absence, until certain point, it?s due to the studies developed by local intellectuals during the 20th and first years of 21st century. We analyzed some works dedicated to Rio Grande do Norte?s History in order to understand how it was built what we can call ?indian missing thesis? in the state. Thus, we analyzed historically the rising process, the construction of identities and the traditions of Potiguara do Catu (Goianinha/Canguaretama ? RN). Finally, we examined the construction of space by those subjects (from an effective cartography) considering a set of material and mystic possibilities that are part of this indigenous identity affirmation process.