1 Four Approaches to Indigeneity

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Tables xv
5. Preface xvii
6. Four Approaches to Indigeneity 3
7. Exploring the Precolonial Foundations of the “Ch’orti’ Area” 15
8. Colonial Predation and Apay Division and Contraction 30
9. Indigeneity in the Last Ch’orti’-Speaking Municipios of Guatemala 62
10. Beyond the Contemporary Ch’orti’-Speaking Area of Guatemala 113
11. History behind the Honduran Ch’orti’ Movement 141
12. Survey of Copán Ruinas, Santa Rita, Cabañas, and El Paraíso 170
13. Ocotepeque 197
14. Northwestern El Salvador 245
15. Who’s Indigenous Ch’orti’? Who Cares? 278
16. The Apayac/Chol in El Salvador in the Conquest Era 289
17. The Enigmatic Toquegua 291
18. Lowland Clothing in the Early Colonial Period 293
19. The Tragic Marginality of El Paraíso’s Campesinos 295
20. The Quijote-esque Search for Indigeneity When All Is Relative 297
21. Moonlore in El Salvador 303
22. Interview with Paula Pérez and Daughter María in Ocosingo 305
23. Don Primo Tejada, Renowned Storyteller of Cimarrón, Nueva Concepción, El Salvador 307
24. Notes 311
25. References 333
26. Index 371