Mexico's Indigenous Communities: Their Lands and Histories, 1500-2010

Contents

 List of Illustrations    |   vii List of Tables and Maps    |   xi Acknowledgments    |   xiii Introduction    |   1 1. Historical Background: Indian Access to Colonial Justice in the Sixteenth Century   |   11 Justice in Ancient Mesoamerica    |   12 Justice for the Indian Population: From Conquest to the Beginning of the Viceroyalty    |   16 Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Indian Justice    |   33 Viceroy Luis de Velasco and Indian Justice    |   38 Augustín Pinto: A Sixteenth-Century Procurador    |   48 The Indian Justice System at the End of the Sixteenth Century    |   61 Notes    |   69 Contents Contents vi 2. Indigenous Negotiation to Preserve Land, History, Titles, and Maps: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries    |   79 Historical Setting    |   79 The Policy of Congregación    |   91 The Policy of Composición    |   96 Recounting History as a Means of Defending Land    |   103 Retelling the Past among Indian Pueblos    |   109 Recalling the Past and Local Indigenous Power    |   114 Traditional Indigenous Titles and Maps in the Context of the Sacred    |   132 Notes    |   138 3. Indigenous Negotiation to Preserve Land, History, Titles, and Maps: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries    |   151 Indian Pueblos and Independence: General Considerations    |   151 Indian Pueblos during the First Half of the Nineteenth Century    |   156 Indian Pueblos, Land, and Titles from the Reform Laws Onward    |   166 Land, Indians, and Titles after the Revolution    |   184 Notes    |   200 4. Defending Land: Indian Pueblos’ Contemporary Quest for the Origins of Local Community History    |   211 Pueblos That Hold Primordial Titles: Present-Day Cases    |   211 A Nahua Pueblo and Its Titles    |   218 Santa María Cuquila, Oaxaca: Politics and Local History in a Mixtec Community    |   237 A Snapshot of Local History    |   239 Land and Primordial Titles    |   254 The Past in the Present in Santa María Cuquila    |   266 Notes    |   274 Conclusion    |   283 Maps    |   293 List of Libraries and Archives Consulted    |   303 List of Significant Towns Mentioned in the Book    |   305 Bibliography    |   309 Index    |   325 ...