The 1988 Federal Constitution guaranteed Brazil’s Indigenous peoples the right to a specific and intercultural school education. Law No. 11,645/2008 represented a new achievement for these peoples by making the teaching of Indigenous history and culture mandatory in all schools. The purpose of this text is to highlight how Indigenous students understand fundamental issues regarding the historicity and cultural diversity of Indigenous peoples in Brazil. The methodology consists of analyzing the responses of Indigenous students to a questionnaire applied during an outreach project conducted by UFGD in schools throughout the year 2024. The results indicate that the long period of assimilationist policies, during which school curricula were shaped by Eurocentrism, has created obstacles for Indigenous people in under standing their own past, as they often reproduce many of the same stereotypes held by broader Brazilian society.
