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portada "These Are Our Roots": The History of the K'Iche' People as Told by Lords of the Tamub' and Ilokab'
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Physical Book
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Language
English
Pages
340
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9781646428304

"These Are Our Roots": The History of the K'Iche' People as Told by Lords of the Tamub' and Ilokab'

Christenson, Allen J. (Author) · University Press of Colorado · Hardcover

"These Are Our Roots": The History of the K'Iche' People as Told by Lords of the Tamub' and Ilokab' - Christenson, Allen J.

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Synopsis ""These Are Our Roots": The History of the K'Iche' People as Told by Lords of the Tamub' and Ilokab'"

In "These Are Our Roots", Allen J. Christenson translates and analyzes historical documents composed by Tamub' and Ilokab' nobles of the K'iche' Maya, who ruled much of the Guatemalan highlands until their lands were invaded by Spanish conquistadors in 1524. Complete original English translations of three Tamub' texts and a new translation of the "Title of the Ilokab'" reveal how K'iche' nobility strategically appropriated Christian elements from Dominican missionary texts while maintaining their Indigenous worldview. These documents served multiple purposes: legally establishing land rights, asserting nobility status, preserving cultural identity, and claiming religious legitimacy by positioning themselves as descendants of biblical figures--a sophisticated response to Spanish colonization that balanced accommodation and resistance through literacy, which had become a crucial tool for Indigenous elites navigating the colonial system.The Tamub' and Ilokab' branches of the K'iche' people have generally been overshadowed by their well-known Kaweq brethren, who wrote such literature masterpieces as the Popol Vuh and the Title of Totonicapán. But it is the voices relegated to the shadows of history that share views of events from different perspectives and whisper about what really happened behind the scenes--family jealousies, political rivalries, and delicious gossip about the great and the good who tend to focus on their own self-aggrandizing stories. "These Are Our Roots" is a valuable scholarly contribution to Maya studies and ethnohistory that makes these important primary sources more accessible to students and scholars.

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