O Marco Temporal para demarcação de Terras Indígenas, memória e esquecimento

Abstract

Today, indigenous peoples have constitutionally guaranteed their original right to the lands they traditionally occupy, endorsing the institute of indigenate. However, the Supreme Federal Court has been restricting this right by establishing the so-called time frame for demarcation of indigenous lands and, more recently, the Executive with the approval of the AGU Opinion, which intends to link the entire Federal Public Administration to this understanding. These actions contradict the conclusions of the National Truth Commission, which pointed to a systematic picture of forced evictions and expulsions in the period preceding the 1988 Constitution and neglect the transitional mechanisms for the restoration of truth and the rescue of memory, representing the implementation of true forgetfulness policy by the Brazilian State.