The Tapuia Paiacu people from Apodi inhabit the mesoregion of the western Potiguar. The Indigenous Tapuia Paiacu articulate themselves in the center of the city, differently from other rural communities. Their population is about one hundred and fifty people and one hundred and twenty families. The Tapuias Paiacus de Apodi Historic Cultural Center is a self-organized institution led by Lúcia Maria Tavares, who is also the founder and main maintainer of the first Indigenous Museum of Rio Grande do Norte: the Luiza Cantofa Museum. Both institutions pursue the valorization, diffusion and strengthening of autoctose otherness from the sertão apodiense. Their historic process of violence and colonial occupation is remembered by the local leaders. Proofs of these processes can be found in oral history, public administration documents and academic papers. Recently, in the second half of 2018, the Tapuia Paiacu have taken back an important place for their historical memory which is located between Soledade district and the EMPARN base, on Chapada do Apodi. This possession shows the political action of these Indigenous people toward their territorial demarcation.