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Ethnohistory

In 1586, the Jesuits founded the Colegio Seminario de San Gregorio in Mexico City. Throughout the... more In 1586, the Jesuits founded the Colegio Seminario de San Gregorio in Mexico City. Throughout the colonial era and into the late nineteenth century, the school worked almost exclusively for Indigenous students. The political reforms introduced in Spain in 1812 stipulated the eradication of the segregated system that had prevailed during the colonial era. In response, civil authorities in Mexico City elaborated plans and reforms to allow non-Indigenous students access to San Gregorio. The arguments that nineteenth-century intellectuals expressed in favor of those reforms were broad-ranging and analyzed by contemporary scholars. However, we know little about Indigenous communities’ opinions concerning those transformations. This essay aims to review some of the ideas expressed by Indigenous intellectuals who sought to maintain the school as an exclusively “Indian” college.

Ethnohistory , 2022

In 1586, the Jesuits founded the Colegio Seminario de San Gregorio in Mexico City. Throughout the... more In 1586, the Jesuits founded the Colegio Seminario de San Gregorio in Mexico City. Throughout the colonial era and into the late nineteenth century, the school worked almost exclusively for Indigenous students. The political reforms introduced in Spain in 1812 stipulated the eradication of the segregated system that had prevailed during the colonial era. In response, civil authorities in Mexico City elaborated plans and reforms to allow non-Indigenous students access to San Gregorio. The arguments that nineteenth-century intellectuals expressed in favor of those reforms were broad-ranging and analyzed by contemporary scholars. However, we know little about Indigenous communities' opinions concerning those transformations. This essay aims to review some of the ideas expressed by Indigenous intellectuals who sought to maintain the school as an exclusively "Indian" college.

Memoria del 56º Congreso Internacional de Americanistas [Recurso electrónico]: Historia y patrimonio cultural, 2018, ISBN 978-84-9012-927-2, págs. 1281-1289, 2018

This current dissertation explores several ideas about the construction of the Nahua intellectual... more This current dissertation explores several ideas about the construction of the Nahua intellectual tradition in 19th century-Mexico. Initially, the argument of this dissertation focuses on examining the intellectual tradition among Indigenous Peoples in Mesoamerica after the European invasion of the Americas. As a result of the Spanish colonization of Mesoamerica, Indigenous Peoples in the capital of New Spain continued developing their own intellectual tradition by following two possible paths. One group of indigenous intellectuals decided to continue with their intellectual production outside of the Spanish colonial institutions. A second group of indigenous intellectuals opted for continuing with their intellectual labors under the sponsorship of the colonial authorities. In this way the intellectual tradition of the Nahua people continued during the entire colonial period. However, during the first decades of the 19th century, with the issuing of the Constitution of Cadiz and the...

Estudios de Historia Novohispana, 2019

El siguiente trabajo tiene como objetivos revisar brevemente la vida de Juan de Villagutierre y S... more El siguiente trabajo tiene como objetivos revisar brevemente la vida de Juan de Villagutierre y Sotomayor, relator del Consejo de Indias a finales del siglo XVII e inicios del XVIII, y explorar de forma general el contenido de una de sus obras dedicada a la historia de la entonces provincia de Nuevo México. Este manuscrito, muy poco conocido, es único en su género por varias razones; una de ellas es el hecho de que la obra puede considerarse como una revisión general del territorio y su gente, ya que incluye su historia indígena, hispánica, y colonial. La otra es que el discurso de la obra ofrece una interpretación secular de la historia, por lo que los personajes principales que aparecen en la narración pertenecen a la esfera civil de la Corona española, y no a la religiosa.

Estudios de Cultura Maya, 2006

The knowledge of geometric structures and a sense of spatial orientation were not unknown to the ... more The knowledge of geometric structures and a sense of spatial orientation were not unknown to the antient Maya. The construction of many Calssic period pieces reveal compositions that have a symmetrical relationship and it is possible to view this Maya concept of symmetry by means of usig grid lines placed upon the face of these monuments. The case of Stela 1 from Calakmul is illustrative of the utility of this method of analysis in showing the existence of geometrically symmetrical segments in which are enclosed a series of iconographic and glyphic elements which have a direct relationship to the meaning of each of their segments. Within the surface of the Stela, each of these components maintains an intrinsic dialogue upon which depends the meaning of the monument.

... que permite vislumbrar los recovecos y cambios que han sufrido las lenguas a través de ... El... more ... que permite vislumbrar los recovecos y cambios que han sufrido las lenguas a través de ... El trabajo de Cristina Álvarez, Diccionario etnolingüístico del idioma maya-yucateco colonial, constituyó un apoyo ... es abstracta y peculiar, por lo que se recurre a un método comparativo y ...

Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl, 2021

Mexicon , 2020

El siguiente artículo tiene como objetivo ofrecer un estudio inicial acerca de uno de los fragmen... more El siguiente artículo tiene como objetivo ofrecer un estudio inicial acerca de uno de los fragmentos de códices resguardados en la colección documental del Museo Gilcrease, en Tulsa, Oklahoma, Estados Unidos. En este estudio los autores ofrecen una serie de elementos que permiten sugerir una posible fecha en la que los escribamos indígenas crearon este documento. De acuerdo con las evidencias pictóricas, paleográficas e iconográficas los autores concluyen que el fragmento referido pertenece al género de “tira de tributos” coloniales del pueblo de Ixtacamatitlan, Puebla, México, de fines del siglo XVI. /
Abstract: The following article aims to offer an initial study about
one of the series of fragments of Mesoamerican codices housed
in the documentary collection of the Gilcrease Museum, in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, in the United States. In this study the authors offer a
series of elements that suggests a possible date on which the indigenous writers created this document which belongs to the colonial
“tira de tributos” genre of Mesoamerican codices. According to the
pictorial, paleographic and iconographic evidence of these fragments, the authors conclude that the referred to series of fragments
come from the town of Ixtacamatitlan, Puebla, Mexico, and date
from the late sixteenth century.

Estudios de Historia Novohispana , 2019

El siguiente trabajo tiene como objetivos revisar brevemente la vida de Juan de Villagutierre y S... more El siguiente trabajo tiene como objetivos revisar brevemente
la vida de Juan de Villagutierre y Sotomayor, relator
del Consejo de Indias a finales del siglo xvii e inicios
del xviii, y explorar de forma general el contenido de
una de sus obras dedicada a la historia de la entonces
provincia de Nuevo México. Este manuscrito, muy poco
conocido, es único en su género por varias razones; una
de ellas es el hecho de que la obra puede considerarse
como una revisión general del territorio y su gente, ya
que incluye su historia indígena, hispánica y colonial.
La otra es que el discurso de la obra ofrece una interpretación
secular de la historia, por lo que los personajes
principales que aparecen en la narración pertenecen a la
esfera civil de la Corona española, y no a la religiosa.

The Colegio de San Gregorio was one of the most important educational institutions for Indigenous... more The Colegio de San Gregorio was one of the most important educational institutions for Indigenous Peoples in Mexico City throughout the colonial era. Several scholars consider that the Colegio represented the continuation of the educational efforts set by the Colegio de Santiago de Tlatelolco by the Franciscans. The Colegio de San Gregorio, founded by the Jesuits during the 17th century, continued providing education mostly to Nahua people from Central Mexico; however, its schoolrooms remained open and accessible to other indigenous groups from New Spain. During its last years the school had faced several historical events that either threatened its existence or its educational purpose for the benefit of Indigenous Peoples. The current presentation focuses on discussing the way this school faced and survived its last years as a center for indigenous education in Mexico City during the mid-19th century.

Book Reviews by Argelia Segovia Liga

Conference Presentations by Argelia Segovia Liga

Historical documentation demonstrates that after the 16th century, despite the negative consequen... more Historical documentation demonstrates that after the 16th century, despite the negative consequences that the European colonization brought to the Americas, indigenous communities in both Mesoamerica and North America remained highly interested in educating their youths according to their own indigenous traditions, and yet they also sought educational spaces in order to advance their contemporary needs. Despite the tragic events that Indigenous Peoples endured both in North American and the Mexican territories, available documentation demonstrates that during the first decades of the nineteenth century several indigenous societies continued their fight to provide their peoples with access to educational institutions. Several historical examples demonstrate the existence of a shared interest for education among indigenous communities throughout both Mexico and the United States. This particular appeal of education contributed to the consolidation of an indigenous identity during the 19th century shared between Indigenous Peoples both in Mexico and the United States.
During the decades that came after 1821, when Mexico declared its independence from Spain, the Nahua people who inhabited Mexico City faced a series of changes that threatened their social cohesion. Meanwhile, the members of the Cherokee Nation in the United States also faced their own struggles. Regardless of all of these problems, both groups remained active and mutually cooperated in order to keep education accessible for their people.
Through the analysis of a specific historical case study, this paper will explore the mutual cooperation that both Cherokee and Nahua leaders established during the second decade of the 19th century in order to defend their right to provide higher education to their children. Through a general overview of selected historical documentation, this paper aims to present an example of mutual collaboration that prevailed among diverse indigenous groups divided by artificial frontiers that the U. S. and Mexican independent governments reinforced during the nineteenth century.

Ethnohistory

In 1586, the Jesuits founded the Colegio Seminario de San Gregorio in Mexico City. Throughout the... more In 1586, the Jesuits founded the Colegio Seminario de San Gregorio in Mexico City. Throughout the colonial era and into the late nineteenth century, the school worked almost exclusively for Indigenous students. The political reforms introduced in Spain in 1812 stipulated the eradication of the segregated system that had prevailed during the colonial era. In response, civil authorities in Mexico City elaborated plans and reforms to allow non-Indigenous students access to San Gregorio. The arguments that nineteenth-century intellectuals expressed in favor of those reforms were broad-ranging and analyzed by contemporary scholars. However, we know little about Indigenous communities’ opinions concerning those transformations. This essay aims to review some of the ideas expressed by Indigenous intellectuals who sought to maintain the school as an exclusively “Indian” college.

Ethnohistory , 2022

In 1586, the Jesuits founded the Colegio Seminario de San Gregorio in Mexico City. Throughout the... more In 1586, the Jesuits founded the Colegio Seminario de San Gregorio in Mexico City. Throughout the colonial era and into the late nineteenth century, the school worked almost exclusively for Indigenous students. The political reforms introduced in Spain in 1812 stipulated the eradication of the segregated system that had prevailed during the colonial era. In response, civil authorities in Mexico City elaborated plans and reforms to allow non-Indigenous students access to San Gregorio. The arguments that nineteenth-century intellectuals expressed in favor of those reforms were broad-ranging and analyzed by contemporary scholars. However, we know little about Indigenous communities' opinions concerning those transformations. This essay aims to review some of the ideas expressed by Indigenous intellectuals who sought to maintain the school as an exclusively "Indian" college.

Memoria del 56º Congreso Internacional de Americanistas [Recurso electrónico]: Historia y patrimonio cultural, 2018, ISBN 978-84-9012-927-2, págs. 1281-1289, 2018

This current dissertation explores several ideas about the construction of the Nahua intellectual... more This current dissertation explores several ideas about the construction of the Nahua intellectual tradition in 19th century-Mexico. Initially, the argument of this dissertation focuses on examining the intellectual tradition among Indigenous Peoples in Mesoamerica after the European invasion of the Americas. As a result of the Spanish colonization of Mesoamerica, Indigenous Peoples in the capital of New Spain continued developing their own intellectual tradition by following two possible paths. One group of indigenous intellectuals decided to continue with their intellectual production outside of the Spanish colonial institutions. A second group of indigenous intellectuals opted for continuing with their intellectual labors under the sponsorship of the colonial authorities. In this way the intellectual tradition of the Nahua people continued during the entire colonial period. However, during the first decades of the 19th century, with the issuing of the Constitution of Cadiz and the...

Estudios de Historia Novohispana, 2019

El siguiente trabajo tiene como objetivos revisar brevemente la vida de Juan de Villagutierre y S... more El siguiente trabajo tiene como objetivos revisar brevemente la vida de Juan de Villagutierre y Sotomayor, relator del Consejo de Indias a finales del siglo XVII e inicios del XVIII, y explorar de forma general el contenido de una de sus obras dedicada a la historia de la entonces provincia de Nuevo México. Este manuscrito, muy poco conocido, es único en su género por varias razones; una de ellas es el hecho de que la obra puede considerarse como una revisión general del territorio y su gente, ya que incluye su historia indígena, hispánica, y colonial. La otra es que el discurso de la obra ofrece una interpretación secular de la historia, por lo que los personajes principales que aparecen en la narración pertenecen a la esfera civil de la Corona española, y no a la religiosa.

Estudios de Cultura Maya, 2006

The knowledge of geometric structures and a sense of spatial orientation were not unknown to the ... more The knowledge of geometric structures and a sense of spatial orientation were not unknown to the antient Maya. The construction of many Calssic period pieces reveal compositions that have a symmetrical relationship and it is possible to view this Maya concept of symmetry by means of usig grid lines placed upon the face of these monuments. The case of Stela 1 from Calakmul is illustrative of the utility of this method of analysis in showing the existence of geometrically symmetrical segments in which are enclosed a series of iconographic and glyphic elements which have a direct relationship to the meaning of each of their segments. Within the surface of the Stela, each of these components maintains an intrinsic dialogue upon which depends the meaning of the monument.

... que permite vislumbrar los recovecos y cambios que han sufrido las lenguas a través de ... El... more ... que permite vislumbrar los recovecos y cambios que han sufrido las lenguas a través de ... El trabajo de Cristina Álvarez, Diccionario etnolingüístico del idioma maya-yucateco colonial, constituyó un apoyo ... es abstracta y peculiar, por lo que se recurre a un método comparativo y ...

Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl, 2021

Mexicon , 2020

El siguiente artículo tiene como objetivo ofrecer un estudio inicial acerca de uno de los fragmen... more El siguiente artículo tiene como objetivo ofrecer un estudio inicial acerca de uno de los fragmentos de códices resguardados en la colección documental del Museo Gilcrease, en Tulsa, Oklahoma, Estados Unidos. En este estudio los autores ofrecen una serie de elementos que permiten sugerir una posible fecha en la que los escribamos indígenas crearon este documento. De acuerdo con las evidencias pictóricas, paleográficas e iconográficas los autores concluyen que el fragmento referido pertenece al género de “tira de tributos” coloniales del pueblo de Ixtacamatitlan, Puebla, México, de fines del siglo XVI. /
Abstract: The following article aims to offer an initial study about
one of the series of fragments of Mesoamerican codices housed
in the documentary collection of the Gilcrease Museum, in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, in the United States. In this study the authors offer a
series of elements that suggests a possible date on which the indigenous writers created this document which belongs to the colonial
“tira de tributos” genre of Mesoamerican codices. According to the
pictorial, paleographic and iconographic evidence of these fragments, the authors conclude that the referred to series of fragments
come from the town of Ixtacamatitlan, Puebla, Mexico, and date
from the late sixteenth century.

Estudios de Historia Novohispana , 2019

El siguiente trabajo tiene como objetivos revisar brevemente la vida de Juan de Villagutierre y S... more El siguiente trabajo tiene como objetivos revisar brevemente
la vida de Juan de Villagutierre y Sotomayor, relator
del Consejo de Indias a finales del siglo xvii e inicios
del xviii, y explorar de forma general el contenido de
una de sus obras dedicada a la historia de la entonces
provincia de Nuevo México. Este manuscrito, muy poco
conocido, es único en su género por varias razones; una
de ellas es el hecho de que la obra puede considerarse
como una revisión general del territorio y su gente, ya
que incluye su historia indígena, hispánica y colonial.
La otra es que el discurso de la obra ofrece una interpretación
secular de la historia, por lo que los personajes
principales que aparecen en la narración pertenecen a la
esfera civil de la Corona española, y no a la religiosa.

The Colegio de San Gregorio was one of the most important educational institutions for Indigenous... more The Colegio de San Gregorio was one of the most important educational institutions for Indigenous Peoples in Mexico City throughout the colonial era. Several scholars consider that the Colegio represented the continuation of the educational efforts set by the Colegio de Santiago de Tlatelolco by the Franciscans. The Colegio de San Gregorio, founded by the Jesuits during the 17th century, continued providing education mostly to Nahua people from Central Mexico; however, its schoolrooms remained open and accessible to other indigenous groups from New Spain. During its last years the school had faced several historical events that either threatened its existence or its educational purpose for the benefit of Indigenous Peoples. The current presentation focuses on discussing the way this school faced and survived its last years as a center for indigenous education in Mexico City during the mid-19th century.

Historical documentation demonstrates that after the 16th century, despite the negative consequen... more Historical documentation demonstrates that after the 16th century, despite the negative consequences that the European colonization brought to the Americas, indigenous communities in both Mesoamerica and North America remained highly interested in educating their youths according to their own indigenous traditions, and yet they also sought educational spaces in order to advance their contemporary needs. Despite the tragic events that Indigenous Peoples endured both in North American and the Mexican territories, available documentation demonstrates that during the first decades of the nineteenth century several indigenous societies continued their fight to provide their peoples with access to educational institutions. Several historical examples demonstrate the existence of a shared interest for education among indigenous communities throughout both Mexico and the United States. This particular appeal of education contributed to the consolidation of an indigenous identity during the 19th century shared between Indigenous Peoples both in Mexico and the United States.
During the decades that came after 1821, when Mexico declared its independence from Spain, the Nahua people who inhabited Mexico City faced a series of changes that threatened their social cohesion. Meanwhile, the members of the Cherokee Nation in the United States also faced their own struggles. Regardless of all of these problems, both groups remained active and mutually cooperated in order to keep education accessible for their people.
Through the analysis of a specific historical case study, this paper will explore the mutual cooperation that both Cherokee and Nahua leaders established during the second decade of the 19th century in order to defend their right to provide higher education to their children. Through a general overview of selected historical documentation, this paper aims to present an example of mutual collaboration that prevailed among diverse indigenous groups divided by artificial frontiers that the U. S. and Mexican independent governments reinforced during the nineteenth century.

This current dissertation explores several ideas about the construction of the Nahua intellectual... more This current dissertation explores several ideas about the construction of the Nahua intellectual tradition in 19th century-Mexico. Initially, the argument of this dissertation focuses on examining the intellectual tradition among Indigenous Peoples in Mesoamerica after the European invasion of the Americas. As a result of the Spanish colonization of Mesoamerica, Indigenous Peoples in the capital of New Spain continued developing their own intellectual tradition by following two possible paths. One group of indigenous intellectuals decided to continue with their intellectual production outside of the Spanish colonial institutions. A second group of indigenous intellectuals opted for continuing with their intellectual labors under the sponsorship of the colonial authorities. In this way the intellectual tradition of the Nahua people continued during the entire colonial period. However, during the first decades of the 19th century, with the issuing of the Constitution of Cadiz and the independence of New Spain, the indigenous intellectual phenomenon within the established institutions in Mexico City changed dramatically, but it did not cease. This dissertation explores the changes that Nahua intellectuals who worked within colonial institutions in Mexico City experienced during the first decades of independent government, and examines how they continued with their indigenous intellectual tradition.