O indígena nas revistas do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro

entre o problema e a solução (1839-1845)

Abstract

This article aims at understanding how the indigenous people were regarded by the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro Review, in the period between 1839 and 1845, when Januário da Cunha Barbosa held the post of first secretary of the institute. This work intends to concur to build a national identity for Brazil in a period when territorial fragmentation seemed imminent, elements having emerged in this process as symbolic marks of Brazilianness, including the Brazilian indigenous people. Here, we seek to understand the ambiguities about this element, besides highlighting the dispute that took place inside the IHGB, which shows that despite being an institution formed by members of common origins and political affiliations, the debate was not always homogeneous among their members.