Historia, Etnicidad y Memoria: el proceso de conformación de la identidad indígena en la tribu amiga de Los Toldos (provincia de Buenos Aires)

Abstract

Centered in the reconstruction of the historical trajectory of the Tribe of Coliqueo in Los Toldos this thesis aims to contribute to the knowledge of the processes of formation of indigenous identity among "indios amigos" settled in Buenos Aires province frontiers by the mid-nineteenth century in relation with the conditions under which the socioeconomic framework after the "Conquest of the Desert" put them by then and throughout the last century. In this sense, the analysis is directed both to "the discourse of history" contained in the memory settings on local history as to "the history of discourse", ie, towards the reconstruction of the historical contexts in which they were forming the boundaries and meanings in relation to the "indigenous" difference and its relation to the "national", aiming to find the links between the features of the Pampean socioeconomic context, the symbolic and material practices that articulated inter-ethnic relations and the ways that expressions and representations of identity and history are shown among indigenous populations. We conclude that recent expressions contesting the dominant representations of local history are linked to the impact of the loss of connection with the land, and are enhanced by precipitating factors for rural-urban migration, the new common reality left by insertion into Los Toldos suburbs and job instability derived from the course of the national economy in the 1990s, dimensions that set the stage for a new perception of the situation of the indigenous group and its historical trajectory.

Keywords

• indios amigos
• frontier
• Buenos Aires province
• memory
• identity