INDIGENOUS STUDENTS IN GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS
Keywords:
Indigenous science; Indigenous researchers; Lattes Platform; Federal University of Amazonas; scientific productionAbstract
The growing presence of Indigenous people in Brazilian graduate programs calls for information strategies capable of characterizing their academic experiences and increasing the visibility of their contributions. This research aims to characterize the academic-intellectual profile, educational background, fields of activity, records of academic output and engagement, and recurring themes among individuals who self-identified as Indigenous and were enrolled in graduate programs at the Federal University of Amazonas between 2002 and 2025. Methodologically, this is an applied, exploratory, and descriptive study employing bibliometric procedures on data extracted from the Lattes Platform, based on an institutional list of names. The results show a concentration of activity and training in the fields of Education and the Humanities, as well as diverse channels for academic dissemination. Keyword co-occurrence analysis of published articles revealed themes linked to education, the Amazon, territory, culture, health, and biodiversity. The study concludes that this analysis reveals interdisciplinary academic-intellectual experiences and highlights the information-related challenges of identifying and representing Indigenous authorship in scientific information systems that lack specific metadata regarding Indigenous identity.