This Course Completion Work aims to describe how - from the practice of football - Apinajé
and non-indigenous people relate to each other in the city of Tocantinópolis. The research
question that guides this TCC is: how are social relations, between Apinajé and non-
indigenous people, established in football games in the city of Tocantinópolis - TO? For the
development of this research, the qualitative methodology of case study and the techniques of
Participant Observation and Interview were used. The interviews were carried out with two
indigenous players, under the supervision of the advisor, on the university campus of UFT in
Tocantinópolis - TO. While the participant observations were carried out following the “Copa
Indígena” championship, in the visits of the games in the villages and in the city. Based on the
observations and analysis of the interviews, we understand that the relationships between
Apinajé indigenous people and non-indigenous people established in football matches are
permeated by superficial bonds of friendship in the football context. In addition, it was
identified that the analytical concept of Interethnic Friction (OLIVEIRA, 1967), which
appears in the hypothesis in the research, does not apply in the present case study, while
Ethno-sport (FASSHEBER, 2006) has in force in the Apinajé's football sports practice,
because through it Apinajé players apply a re-signification of culture, moral, ethical and
identity values.
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