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Huichol Territory and the Mexican Nation : Indigenous Ritual, Land Conflict, and Sovereignty Claims /

"The Huichol (Wixarika) people claim a vast expanse of Mexico's western Sierra Madre and northern highlands as a territory called kiekari, which includes parts of the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosi. This territory forms the heart of their economic and s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liffman, Paul M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Indigenous territorialities in Mexico
  • 2. Ancestrality and exchange in El Gran Nayar
  • 3. Gourdvines, fires, and Huichol territoriality : Nanayari and Kiekari
  • 4. The roots of Huichol territoriality : Xiriki land tenure
  • 5. Fences and islands : discourses and actors in territorial claims
  • 6. Schools
  • 7. A discursive avalanche on the death of Philip True
  • Appendix 1. Mojoneras of San Andres Cohamiata
  • Appendix 2. Story proposal by Philip True.