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History of Colonial Brazil I - Pgm 1 - Indigenous America - part 1 This class presents and discusses issues related to the history of the native populations of America, at the time of the arrival of the first Europeans on the continent, as well as the implications of this history in terms of the establishment of reciprocal, hierarchical and conflicting relations between Amerindian and European cultures over the centuries. Texts: Manuela Carneiro da Cunha (org) Introduction. History of the Indians in Brazil. São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 1998. A. Vespúcio. Mundos Novus (1503). Excerpt from Darcy Ribeiro and Carlos de Araújo Moreira Neto. The Foundation of Brazil: Testimonies 1500-1700. Vozes, 1992, p.101-106.