VOICES OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN LITERATURE: RESISTANCE, SUN, AND RETAKING

Resistência, sol e retomada - Relato de prática docente

Abstract

This article is situated within the field of literary studies and decolonial pedagogical practices, focusing on the inclusion of Indigenous literature in the basic education curriculum. Drawing from a teaching experience carried out in a public school in the city of Boa Vista (Roraima, Brazil), it discusses the elective course Voices of Amazonian Women in Literature: Resistance, Sun, and Retaking, developed with high school students over the course of one academic semester. The main objective of the elective was to create a space for listening to and valuing the voices of Indigenous women from the Amazon, challenging the hegemonic gaze over the literary canon and promoting the recognition of knowledge systems traditionally excluded from educational processes. The methodological approach included reading circles, critical literary analysis, creative rewriting workshops, and a culminating poetic exhibition created collectively by the students. The selected works by Indigenous authors Sony Ferseck and Trudruá Dorrico address issues related to identity, territory, ancestry, and resistance. The results of the experience revealed a greater engagement of students with reading, an expansion of their cultural repertoire, and a strengthening of their connection with their own histories and senses of belonging. Furthermore, the project demonstrated the potential of literature as a tool for symbolic emancipation, enabling students to recognize themselves as historical subjects and meaning-makers. It is concluded that the integration of Indigenous literature into the school context—especially in Amazonian regions—contributes significantly to the development of a critical, intercultural, and anti-colonial education, promoting cognitive justice and curricular equity. Listening to these voices, more than a pedagogical gesture, constitutes a political act of retaking that resists historical erasures and celebrates the plurality of worlds.