O VIVER INDÍGENA NA FREGUESIA DA GLORIOSA SENHORA SANTA ANA DO SERIDÓ: HISTÓRIAS DE ÍNDIOS NO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRASIL (SÉCULOS XVIII E XIX)

Abstract

In this article we analyze histories of indians in the region of the Seridó, hinterland of the Rio Grande do Norte, between the centuries XVIIIth and XIXth, together River to the too much socials groups (whites, medium browns and slaves) that they occupied the territory of the Freguesia da Senhora Santa Ana. The evidence of the existence of the indians in the Seridó after the Guerra dos Bárbaros in suggests them that the mestization was the used way to guarantee its survival the colonial world. This is an evidence that if opposes to the traditional studies of the History of the Rio Grande do Norte, that they speak of the “disappearance” of the natives after the effective expansion of the pecuaria in the hinterland.