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En 1969, Jacques Galinier emprendió el estudio etnográfico de los otomíes orientales, o sea del conjunto de comunidades que ocupan el territorio denominado a veces "Sur de la Huasteca". En las sierras y las zonas bajas que se extienden desde San Pablito al sur hasta Ixhuatlán de Madero al noreste y Texcatepec al noroeste, viven más de 60 mil otomíes quienes, junto con los de Santa Ana Huey tlalpan y de San Pedro Tlachichilco en el Altiplano de Tulancingo conforman el grupo más homogéneo del área otomí. Las investigaciones que concluyeron con la redacción del presente volumen comprendieron casi tres años de trabajo de campo. A pesar de la importancia de tal región en el México indígena, cuando J. Galinier empezó su trabajo no se había realizado en todo el sector más que un estudio monográfico sobre una sola comunidad y su contexto: se trata de la obra de James W. Dow, publicada por el INI en 1974. De aquí surge un primer interés del libro que ahora se publica. Vale la pena insistir en esto: no solamente dicho libro presentá datos sobre una región que hasta hoy en día constituía casi una terra incognita, sino que también representa un acercamiento etnográfico de orden regional, género ahora poco usual pero que convierte este volumen en un verdadero manual, introducción para todas las investigaciones futuras que serán realizadas en la misma región y referencia para las que serán desarrolladas en otras partes del país donde existen comunidades otomíes. Parte de la riqueza de la obra de Galinier se desprende de su enfoque regional, alimentada por un conocimiento extenso y profundo de la zona que abarca. Esto se manifiesta desde las primeras páginas cuando se describe el hábitat muy contrastado de las diferentes comunidades, pero sigue visible en todos los aspectos que aborda el estudio: uno de los puntos donde esta riqueza aparece con más claridad es, sin duda alguna, el que concierne al parentesco y su terminología. La presente obra está dividida en tres partes…

Human medicine --- Morelos --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Mexico: Central --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- Mexico --- indigenas --- Sierra Madre --- comunidad otomí

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The Mayos, an indigenous people of northwestern Mexico, live in small towns spread over southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa, lands of remarkable biological diversity. Traditional Mayo knowledge is quickly being lost as this culture becomes absorbed into modern Mexico. Moreover, as big agriculture spreads into the region, the natural biodiversity of these lands is also rapidly disappearing. This engaging and accessible ethnobotany, based on hundreds of interviews with the Mayos and illustrated with the authors' strikingly beautiful photographs, helps preserve our knowledge of both an indigenous culture and an endangered environment. This book contains a comprehensive description of northwest Mexico's tropical deciduous forests and thornscrub on the traditional Mayo lands reaching from the Sea of Cortés to the foothills of the Sierra Madre. The first half of the book is a highly readable account of the climate, geology, and vegetation of the region. The authors also provide a valuable history of the people, their language, culture, festival traditions, and plant use. The second half of the book is an annotated list of plants presenting the authors' detailed findings on plant use in Mayo culture.

Ethnobotany --- Mayo Indians --- Indigenous peoples --- Ethnobiology --- Plants --- Human-plant relationships --- Yolem'me Indians --- Yoreme Indians --- Cahita Indians --- Indians of Mexico --- Ethnobotany. --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Phytogeography --- Sinaloa --- Sonora --- agiabampo. --- agriculture. --- anthropology. --- arroyo. --- biodiversity. --- botany. --- climate. --- conservation. --- deciduous forest. --- environment. --- environmentalism. --- ethnobotany. --- festivals. --- folklore. --- geology. --- herbal medicine. --- indigenous culture. --- indigenous peoples. --- mayos. --- mexico. --- nonfiction. --- northwestern mexico. --- plant use. --- rite. --- ritual. --- science. --- sea of cortes. --- sierra madre. --- sinaloa. --- sonora. --- thorn scrub. --- tradition. --- tropical forest. --- vegetation.

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"In The Mark of Rebels Barry Robinson offers a new look at Mexican Independence from the perspective of an indigenous population caught in the heart of the struggle. During the conquest and settlement of Mexico's western Sierra Madre, Spain's indigenous allies constructed an indio fronterizo identity for their ethnically diverse descendants. These communities used their special status to maintain a measure of autonomy during the colonial era, but the cultural shifts of the late colonial period radically transformed the relationship between these indios fronterizos and their neighbors. Marshalling an extensive array of archival material from Mexico, the United States, and Spain, Robinson shows that indio fronterizo participation in the Mexican wars of independence grafted into the larger Hidalgo Revolt through alignment with creole commanders. Still, a considerable gulf existed between the aims of indigenous rebels and the creole leadership. Consequently, the privileges that the indios fronterizos sought to preserve continued to diminish, unable to survive either the late colonial reforms of the Spanish regime or creole conceptions of race and property in the formation of the new nation-state. This story suggests that Mexico's transition from colony to nation can only be understood by revisiting the origins of the colonial system and by recognizing the role of Spain's indigenous allies in both its construction and demolition. The study relates events in the region to broader patterns of identity, loyalty, and subversion throughout the Americas, providing insight into the process of mestizaje that is commonly understood to have shaped Latin America. It also foreshadows the popular conservatism of the nineteenth century and identifies the roots of post-colonial social unrest. This book provides new context for scholars, historians, ethnographers, anthropologists, and anyone interested in the history of Mexico, colonization, Native Americans, and the Age of Revolutions"--Provided by publisher. "This work explores social and cultural transformations among the indigenous communities of western Mexico, especially the indios fronterizos (Frontier Indians), preceding and during the struggle for independence"--Provided by publisher.

HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century. --- HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century. --- HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal. --- HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies). --- HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico. --- Ethnicity --- Social change --- Indians of Mexico --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Indians of North America --- Indigenous peoples --- Meso-America --- Meso-American Indians --- Mesoamerica --- Mesoamerican Indians --- Pre-Columbian Indians --- Precolumbian Indians --- Ethnology --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Political aspects --- History --- Social conditions --- Politics and government --- Mexico --- Colotlán Region (Mexico) --- Sierra Madre Occidental (Mexico) --- Anáhuac --- Estados Unidos Mexicanos --- Maxico --- Méjico --- Mekishiko --- Meḳsiḳe --- Meksiko --- Meksyk --- Messico --- Mexique (Country) --- República Mexicana --- Stany Zjednoczone Meksyku --- United Mexican States --- United States of Mexico --- מקסיקו --- メキシコ --- Ethnic relations --- Colonial influence --- Social aspects. --- Participation, Indian.