Mexico's Indigenous Communities : Their Lands and Histories, 1500-2010.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (326 pages)
- Mesoamerican Worlds Series .
- Mesoamerican Worlds Series .
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables and Maps -- Tables -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- NOTES -- 1 Historical Background -- JUSTICE IN ANCIENT MESOAMERICA -- JUSTICE FOR THE INDIAN POPULATION: FROM CONQUEST TO THE BEGINNING OF THE VICEROYALTY -- VICEROY ANTONIO DE MENDOZA AND INDIAN JUSTICE -- VICEROY LUIS DE VELASCO AND INDIAN JUSTICE -- AUGUSTíN PINTO: A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PROCURADOR -- THE INDIAN JUSTICE SYSTEM AT THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY -- NOTES -- 2 Indigenous Negotiation to Preserve Land, History, Titles, and Maps -- HISTORICAL SETTING -- THE POLICY OF CONGREGACIÓN -- THE POLICY OF COMPOSICIÓN -- RECOUNTING HISTORY AS A MEANS OF DEFENDING LAND -- RETELLING THE PAST AMONG INDIAN PUEBLOS -- RECALLING THE PAST AND LOCAL INDIGENOUS POWER -- TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS TITLES AND MAPS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SACRED -- NOTES -- 3 Indigenous Negotiation to Preserve Land, History, Titles, and Maps -- INDIAN PUEBLOS AND INDEPENDENCE: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- INDIAN PUEBLOS DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- INDIAN PUEBLOS, LAND, AND TITLES FROM THE REFORM LAWS ONWARD -- LAND, INDIANS, AND TITLES AFTER THE REVOLUTION -- NOTES -- 4 Defending Land -- PUEBLOS THAT HOLD PRIMORDIAL TITLES: PRESENT-DAY CASES -- A NAHUA PUEBLO AND ITS TITLES -- SANTA MARÍA CUQUILA, OAXACA: POLITICS AND LOCAL HISTORY IN A MIXTEC COMMUNITY -- A SNAPSHOT Of LOCAL HISTORY -- LAND AND PRIMORDIAL TITLES -- THE PAST IN THE PRESENT IN SANTA MARÍA CUQUILA -- NOTES -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- Maps -- List of Libraries and Archives Consulted -- List of Significant Towns Mentioned in the Book -- Bibliography -- ACRONYMS FOR SOME PUBLISHERS -- SOURCES -- Index.
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Indians of Mexico--Land tenure--History. Indians of Mexico--Legal status, laws, etc.--History. Indians of Mexico--Claims. Indians of Mexico--Ethnic identity. Land tenure--Law and legislation--Mexico--History. Ethnohistory--Mexico.