Abstract
Objective: Gather the bibliography on health education policies so that they can exercise their function in the best possible way without interfering or having their work hampered by the cultural differences present in the tribes. Bibliographic review: The review in question has its field of exploration present in the literature and presents a collection of ideas that point to the need for reinforced education in indigenous health, in order to guarantee the preservation and non-violation of local culture. It is a constitutional guarantee to health, one of the basic rights directly linked to the main legal asset protected by Brazilian law, life. For this purpose, the basic aspects of health education and its noble objectives based on human rights and the protection of memory and conservation of culture, are objects of study in this review. Final considerations: The study exposed a criticism about the Brazilian reality of the last centuries that, completely invasive and Eurocentric, crystallizes the need to propose a reform to health education in order to contemplate the exercise of public health in indigenous villages without hurting local cultural precepts.