Memórias em disputa: comemorações do Dia do Índio nos jornais Correio da Bahia e Tribuna da Bahia (1990-2000)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the discourses and images of indigenous peoples conveyed by the newspaper Correio da Bahia and Tribuna da Bahia from Indian Day celebrations during the decade of 1990-2000. This decade was marked by debates on national and international levels, providing greater visibility to indigenous issues. We propose a reflection on the images broadcast from the celebrations of April 19, aiming to question the production of discourses on these subjects in the construction and maintenance of memories about the indigenous peoples, reflecting on the social role of the celebrations. For its political character, the celebrations are here understood as construction of social memory. Think the holidays as creating memory of these people makes it possible to reflect on the role of Bahia written press has played with regard to indigenous peoples. We also analyzed the possible dialogues and influences between the discursive productions evidenced through the analysis of materials of the newspapers Correio da Bahia and Tribuna da Bahia Bahia and speeches produced by authors in Brazilian history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the construction of images about the Indians who contribute the formation and perpetuation of memories about these subjects.