Why should the Amerindian have been adopted as such a potent symbol of Romantic nationalism in nineteenth-century Brazil?

Why should the Amerindian have been adopted as such a potent symbol of Romantic nationalism in nineteenth-century Brazil? Project description This is an essay in the module global iberias for a year 1 doing spanish, portuguese and latin american studies. Please refer to the indianist mythology and do not only focus on this part of the iberian history.