Os índios do Ceará na Confederação do Equador

Abstract

This article reflects on the political and military involvement of the native people of Ceará in the Confederation of the Equator, in 1824. In such a conflict, their position in relation to the emperor of Brazil depended a lot on the situation of the province of Ceará regarding the national political situation. In a context of warlike confrontation, it is possible to reflect on the indigenous meanings of Brazilian vassals and citizens and the relations they established with non-Indians and governments, in the midst of changes in their legal statutes that increasingly threatened their working conditions and preservation of their land.