COMUNIDADES INDÍGENAS, LÍNGUAS DE SINAIS E ESCOLARIZAÇÃO DE SURDOS NO BRASIL E NO MÉXICO

This text aims to discuss some of the results of research developed in recent years through a partnership between researchers from Brazil and Mexico. This partnership provided insight into different Indigenous communities in both countries, different Indigenous sign languages, and teaching and learning processes in Indigenous schools. The qualitative, ethnographic research used methods such as documentary and bibliographic research, on-site observations, interviews, and other methods for data collection. The analyses of this experience are discussed and problematized through an analysis of the educational policies proposed for deaf people, the linguistic differences between Indigenous populations, and the teaching practices of spoken and sign languages to deaf Indigenous students in both countries. It also discusses the possible determinants of access, retention, failure, and success in school for deaf Indigenous people throughout the schooling process.