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

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

Christenson, Allen J.

Hardcover

AnthropologyCentral American History

ISBN10: 1646428307
ISBN13: 9781646428304
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: May 28 2026
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.01 Width: 6.11 Depth: 9.01
Language: English

In These Are Our Roots, Allen J. Christenson translates and analyzes historical documents composed by Tamub' and Ilokab' nobles of the K'iche' Maya, who ruled much of the Guatemalan highlands until their lands were invaded by Spanish conquistadors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.

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