Living with Nature, Cherishing Language: Indigenous Knowledges in the Americas Through History

Contents
Abbreviations
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List of Tables
1 Living with Nature Across Time, Space and Cultural Perspectives: Introduction
	References
Part I Environment and the Knowledge of the Ancients
2 Flexible Borders, Permeable Territories and the Role of Water Management in Territorial Dynamics in Pre-Hispanic and Early Hispanic Peru
	Introduction
	The Culebras Valley and Its Environmental Setting, Past, and Present
	Territorial Dynamics in a Local Context: The Case of the Culebras Valley
		The Early Intermediate Period (100–700 AD)
		The Middle Horizon (700–1050 AD)
		The Late Pre-Hispanic Periods (1050–1532 AD)
		Conquest and Aftermath
	Conclusions
	Bibliography
3 Ihuan Yehhuan Tlacuauh Tlamauhtiah in Ichcapixqueh. “And the Shepherds Are Inspiring Great Fear”. Environment, Control of Resources and Collective Agency in Colonial and Modern Tlaxcala
	Introduction
	Protecting the Territory
	Collective Threats and Losses
	Other Early Responses
	Communities’ Stories of Resilience: Legal Battles in the Latter Part of the Colonial Period
	Traditional Knowledge, Healing, Language and Well-Being
	Summary and Conclusions
	References
4 Ñudzahui Custom, Contracts, and Common Lands in Eighteenth-Century Oaxaca
	Ñudzahui Territory, Land Tenure, and a 1690-Partnership Contract
	Partnership and Plural Ownership in the Eighteenth-Century Composiciones de Tierras
	Partnership, Plural Ownership, and Cacicazgos
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
5 The Yoreme Creation of Itom Ania in Northwestern Mexico: Histories of Cultural Landscapes
	The Spatial and Cultural Creation of Itom Ania
	Colonial Borderlands in Petatlán
	Defending the Monte
	Language and Histories of Cultural Landscapes
	References
6 Gender Disparities in Guaraní Knowledge, Literacy, and Fashion in the Ecological Borderlands of Colonial and Early Nineteenth-Century Paraguay
	Colonial Legacies for Literacy in the Early Republic of Paraguay
	Fashion and Social Standing Among the Guaraní
	Public Education in the Republic of Paraguay
	Conclusions: Knowledge, Education, and Gender
	Bibliography
Part II Language, Environment, and Well-Being: Contemporary Challenges
7 The Generational Gap and the Road to Well-Being: Language and Natural Environment in the Discourses of Indigenous Old and Young in Tlaxcala
	Introduction
	San Bernardino Contla Then and Now: Overviewing the Environmental and Sociolinguistic Change
	Attitudes of the Elderly and Young People Towards Language and Mutual Communication
	Attitudes of the Elderly and Young People Towards Natural Environment and Its Change
	Discussion: Combining the Opposites
	Conclusions
	List of Interviews
8 “¡Amo kitlapanas tetl!”: Heritage Language and the Defense Against Fracking in the Huasteca Potosina, Mexico
	Introduction
	Huasteca Potosina—Geography, History, Demographic, and Linguistic Situation
	Language Domains in the Huasteca Potosina
	Indigenous Economies and Resources
	Fracking in Mexico
	Controversies Regarding Fracking
	Resistance Against Fracking in the Huasteca Potosina
	Use of Indigenous Languages in the Anti-Fracking Movement
	Discussion
	Concluding Remarks
	References
9 The Interrelation Between Language, History, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Within the Nahuat-Pipil Context of El Salvador
	Introduction
	Brief Historical Context
		Linguistic
	Migration
		Language and Biodiversity
	Biological and Linguistic Diversity
		Major Political and Social Events
	The Encoding of TEK in Nahuat-Pipil
	Categorization and Classification
	Basic Principles of Classification
	Categorization and Classification Examples
	Folk Nomenclature
	Naming Conventions and Examples
	Morphosyntactic Structure
		N
		Nn
		NAdj
	Non-Agglutinative Noun Phrases
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
10 Cenotes and Placemaking in the Maya World: Biocultural Landscapes as Archival Spaces
	Yo, cenote
	Introduction
	I, Cenote
	Bibliography
11 Nakua nukuu ini Ñuu Savi: Nakua jíno, nakua ka’on de nakua sa’on ja jee Koo Yoso
	Kijeo
	Koo Yoso Ñuu Savi
	Tumi xiñu
		Viko Kasiki ji Koo Yoso
	Ityi jee
	In, uu tu´un de ko´on
	Memory and Cultural Continuity of the Ñuu Savi People: Ancestral Knowledge, Language and Rituals Around Koo Yoso Deity
	Abstract
	Introduction
		The Mixtec Quetzalcoatl
	Precious Feathers
		Viko Kasiki and Koo Yoso
	New Values Around Koo Yoso and Viko Kasiki
	Conclusions
	Bibliography
12 Tlaneltoquilli tlen mochihua ica cintli ipan tlalli Chicontepec: tlamantli chicahualiztli ipan tochinanco
	Cintli Itlaneltoquil: Ce Tlamatli Chicahualiztli
	Cintli quemman eli xinachtli, miyahuatl huan Chicomexochitl
	Xinachtli
	Miltlatlacualtiah
	Elotlamanah
	Quemman miyahuacalaquiah
	Cintlacualtiah
	Quemman tlatlacualtiah
	Cintli itlaneltoquil huan cualli nemiliztli
	Ixcopintlaltecpanalli
	Ceremonial Practices Relating to Corn in the Region of Chicontepec: Local Aspects of Wellbeing
	The Maize Ceremonies: An Act of Faith
	Maize as Xinachtli, Miyahuatl, and Chicomexochitl
	Xinachtli: Offering to the Corn Seed
	Miltlacualtiah: Offering to the Milpa
	Elotlamanah: Blessing of the Corn and Feast
	Miyahuacalaquiah: Offering to the Tasseled Plant
	Cintlacualtiah: Offering to Maize Grain
	Tlatlacualtiah: Rain Petition
	Maize Ceremonies and Cualli Nemiliztli
	References
Index