RESUMO Considerando que a efetivao da poltica indigenista pombalina na Amrica portuguesa foi condicionada pelas especificidades locais e pela

interao constante com a poltica indgena, representada principalmente pelas lideranas indgenas, o principal objetivo analisar a aplicao dessa poltica nas antigas aldeias da capitania do Rio de Janeiro, focando os rumos e os limites do Diretrio, cdigo legislativo que expressava a mencionada poltica. Esse trabalho pretende denotar a agncia indgena, seus interesses e estratgias, em um contexto caracterizado pela intensificao das relaes sociais e intertnicas entre os ndios e vrios outros atores sociais e pela expanso colonial sobre as aldeias indgenas, estimuladas pelas medidas assimilacionistas do Diretrio. Palavras-chave: Rio de Janeiro; Poltica indigenista pombalina; Poltica indgena; Aldeias indgenas.

ABSTRACT Considering that effectuation of Pombals Indian Policy in the Portuguese America was conditioned by the local specificities and by the constant interaction with the indigenous policy, represented mainly by indigenous chiefs, the principal objective is to analyse the application of Pombal's Indian policy in the captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, focusing on the ways and the limits of the Diretrio, legislative code which expresses the mencionated policy. This work pretend to denote the indigenous agency, your interests and strategies, in a context characterized by the intensification about the social and interethnical relationship among Indians and various social actors and by the colonial expansion in Indian villages, stimulated by the assimilacionists rules of the Diretrio. Keywords: Rio de Janeiro; Pombals Indian policy; Indigenous policy; Indian villages.