This book offers a profound exploration of the historical, cultural, and social dimensions of Brazil’s Indigenous peoples, with a particular focus on the Kaingang communities. Understanding these peoples is essential to interpreting Brazilian social thought, shaping national identity, promoting sustainability, and safeguarding fundamental rights.

Indigenous culture (rooted in ancestral knowledge, cosmologies, and traditional ways of life) has not only shaped Brazilian society but also plays a vital role in environmental preservation and in proposing alternatives to contemporary global challenges. This book combines bibliographic and ethnographic research with the voices of Indigenous leaders, weaving narratives of memory, resistance, and identity in the face of coloniality, systemic violence, and territorial disputes.

More than an academic study, this work is an invitation to listen and engage in dialogue. It amplifies Indigenous perspectives and underscores their significance in building a plural, just, and sustainable Brazil.

Researcher and Coordinator of the Brazil-Spain Chair at the University of Salamanca, Center for Legal Sciences, Spain (CAPES Chair). Adjunct Professor/Senior Researcher at the State University of Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS). Productivity Researcher PQg/FAPERGS, Level 2. Full Professor in the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Law at UNOESC. Member of the International Committee of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) – UNESCO. Member of the DECLEN Network – Decolonizing and Comparing Legal Experiences Network. Member of the Brazilian Network for Human Rights Education in Rio Grande do Sul. Member of the State Council of Indigenous Peoples (CEPI/Rio Grande do Sul). Member of the Latin American Critical Constitutionalism Network. She has published or organized 74 books in Spanish, English, Polish, and Portuguese, in addition to 120 book chapters in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. She is the author of numerous scientific articles published in national and international specialized journals in German, Spanish, English, Polish, and Portuguese.