O caso de Elena: etnografia de um processo criminal envolvendo indígenas dos povos kaiowá e guarani ñandeva

Abstract

This research conducts a detailed legal ethnography of a case indicated as feminicide that occurred in the Yvy Katu village, in Japorã, Mato Grosso do Sul, involving an important indigenous leader Guarani ñandeva, murdered with extreme violence. The study critically analyzes the interactions between Amerindian perspectives and the procedures of the Brazilian judicial system, highlighting inconsistencies and cultural specificities often overlooked in traditional approaches. The methodology combines ethnography of documents, observation of the jury court and fieldwork with the indigenous communities involved, reflecting on the challenges of intercultural communication in judicial processes and on the legal and anthropological particularities identified in the case. Inspired by critical and decolonial approaches, this dissertation emphasizes the importance of legal pluralism and indigenous protagonism in public institutions for the construction of effective and equitable social justice.