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Maya Exodus: Indigenous Struggle for Citizenship in Chiapas

Maya Exodus: Indigenous Struggle for Citizenship in Chiapas Hispanic American Historical Review 94:1 Ó 2014 by Duke University Press Sharp images emerge of the three groups in conflict both with each other and internally. The Eudeves and Teguimas acquired their common identity as Opatas only at the turn of the eighteenth century, when they became known as loyal allies of the Spaniards. Yetman reveals that their seventeenth-century experience was more conflictive. The Eudeves and Teguimas survived the military and missionary occupation by agreeing to their residential reduction into missions, where they were treated as pagan savages in training to become Christians. Economic life was regimented and insecure. Roaming branded cattle destroyed both native and mission agriculture. The colonial system of native governors and topiles pressured native leaders into the role of prison camp overseers. The Jesuits could not stop the migration in and out of the missions by natives, castas, and Spaniards. The Eudeves and Teguimas therefore maintained a sense of ethnic identity that separated them from the Spanish while they played multiple roles inside and outside the colonial system. The very governors and topiles appointed by the Jesuits were major players as conspirators and leaders of rebellions. They held convocos (clandestine meetings) inside the missions, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hispanic American Historical Review Duke University Press

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Duke University Press
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0018-2168
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1527-1900
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10.1215/00182168-2390213
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Abstract

Hispanic American Historical Review 94:1 Ó 2014 by Duke University Press Sharp images emerge of the three groups in conflict both with each other and internally. The Eudeves and Teguimas acquired their common identity as Opatas only at the turn of the eighteenth century, when they became known as loyal allies of the Spaniards. Yetman reveals that their seventeenth-century experience was more conflictive. The Eudeves and Teguimas survived the military and missionary occupation by agreeing to their residential reduction into missions, where they were treated as pagan savages in training to become Christians. Economic life was regimented and insecure. Roaming branded cattle destroyed both native and mission agriculture. The colonial system of native governors and topiles pressured native leaders into the role of prison camp overseers. The Jesuits could not stop the migration in and out of the missions by natives, castas, and Spaniards. The Eudeves and Teguimas therefore maintained a sense of ethnic identity that separated them from the Spanish while they played multiple roles inside and outside the colonial system. The very governors and topiles appointed by the Jesuits were major players as conspirators and leaders of rebellions. They held convocos (clandestine meetings) inside the missions,

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Hispanic American Historical ReviewDuke University Press

Published: Feb 1, 2014

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