This paper intends to locate the participationof photographers in photo-cinematographicexpeditions related to the creation of the StudySection () of the Indigenous ProtectionService () in 1941. Having done this, thefocus will move to the , where these professionalswere identified as civil servants, includingthe members of the normative body ofthe indigenist policy, the National Council forthe Protection of Indians (¢£). These memberswere responsible for creating and coordinatingthe work of the . The hypothesisis that the participation of anthropologists inthe ¢£ allowed the introduction of appliedanthropology in the activities of the . In thisway, the team, responsible for the recollectionof images and sounds of the indigenous groupsenrolled set a fundamental starting point foridentifying the ambiguity in indigenous policyat the time simply due to the documentaland ethnographic materiality. It is shown sucha practice was planned, highlighting the scientismin dealing with indigenous groups
