Desde a colonização, a mulher indígena brasileira passou a conviver com abusos e violências em vários níveis. Durante séculos, junto com seus povos, foram colocadas à margem da sociedade e obrigadas a continuar sofrendo, silenciadas, violências de toda espécie. Apenas no século XX, elas, através da literatura escrita, expressam suas dores e lutam pelos seus direitos.The Brazilian indigenous women have been undergoing abuse and violence in several degrees since the beginning of colonization. For centuries, along with their people, they have been pushed to the margins of society, forced to silently suffer all kinds of violence. It was only in the 20th century that they started to express their pain and to struggle for their rights through written literature.