Abstract: It is common to find formal shifts in narratives produced by indigenous peoples that challenge fixed categories, especially in relation to literary forms. Thus, as Florência Garramuño (2014) understands, non-specificity is present and significant in this corpus. The same is true of connection, as care for the world and a commitment by all, as proposed by Ailton Krenak (2019; 2020). To illustrate these conditions, we will analyse Todas as vezes que dissemos adeus (Every Time We Said Goodbye) (1998), a narrative by Kaká Werá Jecupé.

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Tânia Maria Pereira Sarmento-Pantoja is Professor at the Federal University of Pará, teaching at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Postgraduate Programme in Literature. She is a CNPq Research Productivity Fellow. She coordinates the Narratives and Visualities Laboratory and the Cine Clube ‘Resistências’ project. She is the leader of the Resistance Narratives Studies Group (NARRARES).