Abstract
The Akroá-Gamella people live today within the territory intersected by three municipalities in the Maranhão lowlands, namely Matinha, Penalva, and Viana. Residents maintain relationships of reciprocity, and sociocultural practices in their way of life. After years of hostility, the Akroá-Gamella was considered extinct. Still, they adapted to the context of conflict and used strategies to…