O Território Terena: Da Expropriação E Formação Das Reservas Ao Movimento Das Retomadas

At the end of the 19th century, waves of extractive and agropastoral colonization intensified in the south of the former state of Mato Grosso, present-day Mato Grosso do Sul. For the Terena, this process resulted in the expropriation of territories of traditional occupation, in the compulsory recruitment of men and women as labor in private enterprises, and in the gradual loss of political autonomy of the communities. In the early twentieth century, reserves were created, with areas much smaller than traditionally occupied lands. Even so, the Terena reorganized themselves in these spaces, and, at the end of the 20th century, taking advantage of the process of redemocratization of Brazilian society, they started to lead new forms of claiming the demarcation of their traditional territories. In this new context, it is evident the warrior awakening, which starts to live side by side with diplomatic conduct, which until then characterized the way of being tender. The warrior awakening is marked by an increasing participation of women, also warriors, expanding female participation in public spaces and in the political sphere.