Abstract
Currently, tension and conflict characterize the relationship between the Xucuru-Kariri and Kiriri chiefs in the Caldas City, in brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Both lead families in their recreations of villages in this region. The process of territorial formation Xucuru-Kariri and Kiriri in Caldas City is explained, firstly, by the exchange of lands and alliance established by their generation above when they lived in brazilian state of Bahia and, second, by their particular cosmopolitics. Finally, the hypothesis on territorial domains of indigenous Xucuru-Kariri and Kiriri is supported by a diachronic analysis of interactions between leaders in the state of Bahia and description of their cosmopolitical principles, introducing a perspective beyond indigenous relations with the State in the understanding of territoriality processes.
Keywords:
Ethnology; Xucuru-Kariri; Kiriri; Cosmopolitic; Indigenous chiefs; Territoriality