Access to Public Policies and Political Participation in the Condition of Warao Indigenous Refuge in Natal/RN
refugees, Warao, environmental psychology, social psychology
This research stemmed from monitoring Warao indigenous families in Natal/RN, aiming to
investigate the access to public policies and political participation of indigenous refugees.
Specifically, the research focused on access to housing, health, and income generation, as
well as the participation of indigenous people in the State Conference on Migration, Refuge,
and Statelessness. Concerning the methodological approach, an ethnographically inspired
approach was used with the use of field diaries and informal interviews. By investigating
the indigenous people's access to public policies, we could understand that the housing,
health, and income generation conditions do not meet the needs and specificities of Warao
indigenous refugees, as they are based on ethnocentric perspectives forged from white
fatality. By reflecting on these accesses from the perspectives of Environmental Psychology,
Social Psychology, and Political Psychology, we mentioned the condition of indigenous
migration through the concepts of place identity, appropriation, and territory. Regarding the
participation of Warao indigenous people in COMIGRAR, we discussed the construction of
indigenous leadership and the processes that cross this construction, such as the mental
health of young leaders themselves.