Para além das demarcações territoriais: a inserção e permanência da/o estudante Kaingang na Universidade Federal do Pampa

This research is characterized as an ethnographic study, carried out with indigenous students entering the year 2017 at the Federal University of Pampa, Uruguaiana campus. For this purpose, we use participant observation and the records in the field diaries to reflect, from the time of entry, the process of permanence of indigenous students in that context. Throughout the text, we seek to reflect on the historical advances achieved by indigenous concerning access to higher education in public universities, as well as bring a brief presentation of the Kaingang students’ journey to university. During the text, we also seek to understand the aspects that hinder their stay at the university, and we emphasize the contributions of spaces for study and collective coexistence for the individual and collective strengthening of students.