Os Xukuru do Ororubá na Liga Camponesa de Pesqueira (1948-1969): uma análise através de periódicos

Abstract

This article investigates the participation of Xukuru do Ororubá indigenous in the Peasant League of Pesqueira City from 1948 to 1969, with emphasis on the occupation of the Pedra D'Água site, in the Serra do Ororubá area previously belonging to the village of Cimbres, where the Xukuru people used to live. The journals assume a fundamental role in this work because they show the speeches of the Pernambuco elites - mainly of the ones formed in Pesqueira - about the legitimacy of the Xukuru identity, the “communist threat” in the city and the agrarian disputes over the Serra do Ororubá. Besides that, such an intersection between the Peasant Leagues and the Xukuru proves to be quite significant for the practical understanding of the concept of territorialização, formulated by João Pacheco de Oliveira.