THE TERRITORIALITY OF THE JENIPAPO-KANINDÉ IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION OF FORTALEZA/CE

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to present the territoriality of the Jenipapo-Kanindé, from the Indigenous Land Lagoa da Encantada, located in the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza/CE. Therefore, the following methodological procedures were necessary: ​​bibliographic survey; reading and interpretation of secondary data; organization of cartograms and tables, as well as carrying out field work that included observation of the landscape and interviews with members of the investigated indigenous community. We had as a result the identification of territoriality, emphasizing the territorial organization, the population profile, the education system, the profile and distribution of housing, leisure areas, associations and the economic structure of the Jenipapo-Kanindé. In view of the above, we conclude that the territoriality of the investigated population is based on positive population growth and group formation based on the production of a collective agricultural economy and on a teaching system that enables the strengthening of indigenous identity. We also verified the existence of a housing organization to urban standards coexisting with roughness in relation to the standard of constructions. We also verified the territorialities through the activities of the associations, as living spaces and places where the protagonism of indigenous women is present. Finally, we verified the existence of a diverse Geography of the original peoples, protagonist and resistant against the action of the hegemonic agents.