DEMARCATION OF INDIGENOUS LANDS IN BRAZIL AND HEALTH CARE OF ORIGINATING PEOPLE

OBJECTIVE: Assessment of the social context of Brazilian indigenous peoples, seeking correlations between conflicts over land demarcation and the poor health condition of this population. METHODS: The search was carried out in September 2021 using the method: problem identification, literature search, evaluation and analysis of the obtained data and construction of the literature review. RESULTS: Since colonization, there has been a great loss of indigenous peoples' rights over their territories, with recognition of their rights only in 1988. In the current scenario, there is an attempt to protect and guarantee these rights in real terms by the National Foundation for the Indigenous (Fundação Nacional do índio [FUNAI]) and, in the health sphere, by the Subsystem of Indigenous Health Care (Subsistema de Atenção à Saúde Indígena [SASI]), created in 1999. Such public agencies are under great governmental pressure, mainly by the Rural Caucus, creating great insecurity, harming the health and quality of life of these groups. CONCLUSION: Despite the constitutional guarantee of the rights of native peoples, the demarcation of land is still an open agenda that makes the guaranteed continuity of village development unstable, weakening the context of mental and physical health of these citizens, as well as the provision of care and provision of effective care.