Cosmopolitics Kaingang in the Kreie-bang-rê (Campos de Palmas/PR)

Abstract

This article seeks to discuss the Kaingang cosmopolitical relations, human and extra-human, in the Kreie-bang-rê (Campos de Palmas region). During the western occupation of this region, in the 19th century, the Kaingang leaders were in constant dialogue and clashes with the local elites, highlighting the actions of the chiefs Kondá and Viry. The colonial expansion over the Kaingang fields was accompanied by roads, which invaded not only the forests, but also the ancient paths that exist to this day. At the beginning of the 20th century, some ethnologists described Kaingang cosmo-ontological relations, extra-human assemblages and local territorialities, based on the understanding of the Kaingang collective, the Toldo das Lontras and the Campina do Cretã. These non-indigenous descriptions are important documents for the understanding of Kaingang cosmopolitics in Kreie-bang-rê, as they describe Kaingang territories, relations with non-indigenous people, and also provide elements about human actions with extra-human existents and their respective environments.