Poder tutelar y formación del Estado en Brasil: notas a partir de la creación del Servicio de Protección a los Indios y Localización de Trabajadores Nacionales

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 protección 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.