SE FAZER CHEFE, SE FAZER DONO: PISCICULTURA E MAESTRIA ENTRE OS TUKANO DE PARI-CACHOEIRA/ AM.
Tukano; Ye’pá Masã; Pari-Cachoeira; Pisciculture; Indigenous Peoples; Alto Rio Negro; Indigenous Chief
Fish displays an important role as one of the pillars of everyday food supplies amongst peoples of Eastern Tukano languages and, also, is related to stories about the origin of the universe and humanity. However, in recent decades, the Tukano (Ye’pa Masã) of PariCachoeira, a multiethnic indigenous community located on the upper Tiquié River and led by the Yeparã Panicu clan, have suffered from the shortage of this fundamental food. The research was designed based on a demand presented by the leaders of Pari-Cachoeira, represented by the local association CIPAC (Indigenous Coordination of Pari-Cachoeira), and deals with the scarcity of fish and the community's search for the implementation of pisciculture. Throughout the work, I analyze the trajectory of initiatives related to fish farming and fish management on the upper Tiquié River, as well as the place occupied by the Yeparã Panicu clan among the Ye’pá Masã. Why the insistence on fish farming by Yeparã Panicu leaders even with the setbacks of previous attempts in the Tiquié river?