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Subject: [Zacatecas] Mexican Indian histories - including Zacatecas
Date: 22 Sep 2002 17:38:17 -0600

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Dear Friends and Associates:

If you want to find out more about Mexican Indians: I have written the following articles for www.somosprimos.com:

I - The Diversity of Indigenous Mexico
Somosprimos.com, March 2002.

II - The Indigenous Languages of Mexico
Somosprimos.com, May 2002.

III - The Mexica: From Obscurity to Dominance
Somosprimos.com, December 2001.

IV - Michoacán: From Kingdom to Colony
Somosprimos.com, September 2001.

V - Morelos: The Land of Zapata
Somosprimos.com, November 2001

VI - The History of Veracruz
Somosprimos.com, February 2002

VII - The History of Hidalgo
Somosprimos.com, February 2002

VIII - Northwest Mexico: Four Centuries of Indigenous
Resistance
Somosprimos.com, October 2001

IX - The Indigenous History of Oaxaca
Somosprimos.com, August 2001

X - The History of Indigenous Zacatecas
Somosprimos.com, August 2001

XI - Sixteenth Century Indigenous Jalisco
Somosprimos.com, July 2001

XII - The Indigenous Languages of Jalisco
Somosprimos.com, May 2002

I also wrote a story on the Tlaxcalans a couple months ago, also posted on www.somosprimos.com.

I honestly believe that my Michoacán story is my best one of them all. I have also compiled this into a book entitled "Indigenous Resistance: 400 Years of Resistance and Assimilation."

For those of you with ancestors from Chihuahua, the story that would interest you would be "Northwest Mexico: Four Centuries of Indigenous Resistance," relating to the Indians and wars of Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa and Sonora.

I have not been actively selling copies of these, but if someone is real interested in having a complete collection, I will mail a copy for $25 (including postage)....

Or feel free to jump to the websites and read what interests you the most.

For those of you from Zacatecas or Jalisco: Two important books for learning more about the indigenous people of particular jurisdictions within Nueva Galicia or Nueva Vizcaya are:

Gerhard, Peter. The Northern Frontier of New Spain. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1982.

Powell, Philip Wayne. Soldiers, Indians and Silver: North America's First Frontier War. Tempe, Arizona: Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona State University, 1973.

Gerhard's book takes a close look at each jurisdiction, discussing the Indigenous groups, the date of contact, some population figures, encomienda stats, and jurisdiction changes.

Dr. Powell's book discusses the Mixton Rebellion and Chichimeca War, and the various indigenous groups (Zacatecas, Guamares, Guachichiles, Cazcanes, Otomi) involved in this war that encompassed Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Durango, and parts of Jalisco.

These books may be ina local library but I think they are out of print.

Good luck.

John

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