Abstract
The objective of this article is to demonstrate how General Council of the Province of Grão-Pará discussed and proposed projects that aimed to intervene in the indigenist politics in operation, between 1829 and 1831. Prioritily, it is sought to expose as this theme was vital for the province, which explains largely why the indigenous issue was a subject that deserved one of the largest numbers of projects and interventions presented in General Council during the studied period. At the same time it is sought to understand the tensions among the local and national interests in the definition of an indigenist politics, reminding that just in 1845 a general law will be formulated for all the Indians of the Empire of Brazil.
Keywords
General Council; Indians; Grão-Pará; Indigenist politics