%0 Journal Article %T Poder tutelar y formaci車n del Estado en Brasil: notas a partir de la creaci車n del Servicio de Protecci車n a los Indios y Localizaci車n de Trabajadores Nacionales %A Lima %A Antonio Carlos de Souza %J Desacatos %D 2010 %I Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropolog赤a Social %X the aim of this study is to depict a critique on the narrative construction about the republican state's heroic action towards the indigenous peoples of brazil, centred on the creation of a governmental agency -the servicio de protecci車n a los indios (indian protection service) in 1910- by diverse stakeholders, predominantly the positivist military members.this is accomplished by showing how the "heroic" version, a self-image of the group that created the agency, became a scientific truth through the work of anthropologist darcy ribeiro.the aim of this analysis is to offer elements for opening new interpretative possibilities, even often highlighting indigenist action. %K indigenism %K indigenist policies %K indigenous peoples of brazil %K brazilian anthropology %K state's anthropology. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1405-92742010000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en