Natureza e Civilização: a resistência indígena e as políticas de aldeamento nas margens dos rios Tocantins e Araguaia (1822-1850).

This paper analyzes the village policies in the margins of Tocantins and Araguaia Rivers undertaken by the governing authorities of the Província de Goiás, between 1822 and 1850. Our main hypothesis is that the villagization processes were triggered by two intrinsically linked processes: the action and resistance of the indigenous who represented an obstacle to the transformation of nature into capital good, upon which the "future of civilization" depended, at the same time serving as justification for the civilizing speech which supported the villagization process. Our sources are the presidential reports, province administrative documentation and the A Matutina Meyapontense journal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]