Monteiro

ignored aspect of the history of indigineos people (2) error of celebrationists--> to treat indigineous people as part of nature

errors of anti-celebrationists (1) conquest ideology later than arrival in 1500 (3) ignores the active role of indian people reducing them to the status of "harmless victims"¹ (2)

focuses on how the classification of indian populations is itself an aspect of colonialism² (3-7)

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explores the of new emergent indigineous populations seeking an "ethnogenesis" (i.e a myth or narrative which links them with pre-colonial tribes) in the past to configure their own otherness for their own benefit³ (7-8)

need to explore the different type of strategies that Indians⁴ used when dealing with their encounter with Europeans (9-10)

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between the stereotypes of traditionalist resistance and treachorous collaboration, wishes to establish the creative role of Indians as agents ⁵(11-13)

1JM Monteiro, '500 years of Native History', Diálogos Latinoamericanos 2 (2000), 2–15, 2.

2JM Monteiro, '500 years of Native History', Diálogos Latinoamericanos 2 (2000), 2–15, 3–7.

3JM Monteiro, '500 years of Native History', Diálogos Latinoamericanos 2 (2000), 2–15, 7–8.

4JM Monteiro, '500 years of Native History', Diálogos Latinoamericanos 2 (2000), 2–15, 9–10.

5JM Monteiro, '500 years of Native History', Diálogos Latinoamericanos 2 (2000), 2–15, 11–13.