Myths and truths about native contributions to the construction of national identity. A critical view about course-books for high-school

Abstract

The subjet about the national state´s construction in Argentine has been studied tradicionality from an historiography perspective linked with evolucionist and ethnocentric views where the natives were excluded and ignored systematically. That position has been transformed since mid-xx -century when the relathionship between History, Anthropology and Archaeology changed and increased through their interdisciplinary work.
In spite of new ways in the analisys of native societies there are still some stereotypes in high-school´s texts. This work analyzes this process and its impact in the educative system throught school´s texts including basic common contens and wath kind of sources are using like didactic recourses.