Elisa Frühauf Garcia is professor of Latin American Colonial History at the Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since 2009, having completed post-doctoral research at the University of Campinas (2007-2009) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC/Madrid) (2015-2016). Her first book, based on her dissertation, “As diversas formas de ser índio” was published in 2009. She has also authored many articles in books and reviews about the ethno-history of the Native Peoples in the River Plate basin and their relationship with Iberian colonial powers. Her research was supported by many institutions, including the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes); the National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq); and the Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Faperj) – Brazil; Fundación Carolina – Spain; and the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History – Germany. She is currently researching the history of Tupi-Guarani women during the conquest of the River Plate basin in the middle of the sixteenth century, focusing on Asunción and São Paulo as hubs for the establishment of the Iberian colonial powers in that region. By connecting ethno-history, gender studies, and legal history, her research aims to understand the conquest from the perspective of Indian women. This project is funded by CNPq and Faperj.