During the Portuguese expansion to South America, they sealed many alliances with the Minuanos Indians, through which the Portuguese could make possible their settlement in the region, whose possession was under continual dispute with the Spaniards. Such alliances, though, were also necessary for the Indians themselves, who intended to satisfy their own interests through them. This article aims to perceive in which bases the relationships between the Lusitanian and the Minuanos were built, and how these bases were sustained and used by the latter to achieve determined objectives.
Minuanos Indians; Portuguese expansion; indigenous policies