Review of The Yaquis and the Empire: Violence, Spanish Imperial Power, and Native Resilience in Colonial Mexico by Raphael Brewster Folsom. The Americas (2015) (original) (raw)

The paper provides a review of Raphael Brewster Folsom's book "The Yaquis and the Empire," which examines the historical relationship between the Yaqui people and the Spanish Empire in colonial Mexico. The review highlights the resilience and agency of the Yaquis in maintaining their cultural and political independence despite imperial pressures. It discusses Folsom's methodology, emphasizing the anthropological approach to understanding the Yaquis' strategies of collaboration and resistance within the colonial context.