The aim of this study is to “present a teaching proposal for parkatêjê language which is
supported in the oral tradition of the people of the same name. It has a view to its
implementation in Indigenous School Pẽmptykre Parkatêjê” from the village Parkatêjê. This
village is located in Mãe Maria, kilometer 30 of BR 222 in Bom Jesus do Tocantins County.
For comprehend the everyday process of teaching and learning in the school, this is an
ethnographic research, and it’s also bibliographic considering the nature of the sources used to
write it (SEVERINO, 2007). According to Moita-Lopes (2006), the research is related to
Applied Linguistics which is characterized as an indisciplinary or a transdisciplinary. Besides
it is based on cognitive democracy for a liberating education (PETRAGLIA, 2013). This
study is divided into four chapters with introduction and conclusion. The first chapter presents
general considerations about Parkatêjê. The second one deals with a historical approach on
the development of Indigenous language in the Brazilian educational context. This approach
is based on observed events from 1540 to the present days. The third chapter brings some
features from ruled society by oral tradition, or specially through this tradition. Moreover, this
chapter brings a definition of culture and presents reflections about oral and written culture.
The last one deals with the history of formal education in Parkatêjê village. This section also
discusses pieces of information about the role of the people of the same name at the
Indigenous School Pẽmptykre Parkatêjê nowadays. In addition to this, “The oral tradition into
Parkatêjê language teaching”, the teaching proposal, is presented in this chapter. This
proposal is based on Queiroz and Pereira (2013), Belintane (2007; 2008), Calvet (2011), and
it is carried out by other researchers who are in favor of the oral language teaching. This
research highlights the eldest people of the village, the first-generation Indians, as important
actors in the teaching and learning of traditional language in formal education process.
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