The Histories of Mexico

Who are the Children of the Cloudy River? How did the ancient people who lived between the US-Mexico border arrive and establish their culture? Who was Amaiké? Why is Juan Bautista  De Anza so important in the Southwestern United States? What is a Kuri Kuri? Who are the Seven tribes of the Yumano-Cochimi? What was the Pimeria Alta? How did the Cerro Prieto come into existence?

 

All these questions and more in the first episode of a new series all about the Border Towns of Northern Mexico in collaboration with Pike Productions on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@PikeProductions23

 

Also check out Dr. Andrew Selee's book talk at the Hoover Institutes channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYuCzaOZC6g

 

Sources: 

https://accessgenealogy.com/california/cocopa-tribe.htm

http://www.native-languages.org/

http://cronistadelvalle.blogspot.com/2010/11/dicen-que-los-indios-cucapa-vivian-alla.html

http://atlas.inpi.gob.mx/cucapa-etnografia/

http://cassandrareynagatovar.blogspot.com/2011/10/el-centinela.html

https://www.academia.edu/40151074/BAJA_CALIFORNIA_N_1_

https://web.archive.org/web/20070624060656/http://www.iesa.gob.mx/horizontes/11/mito.htm + The Creation myth By William Kelly, University of Arizona professor

Hodge, Frederick Webb, Compiler. The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Bureau of American Ethnology, Government Printing Office. 1906.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLpEjGbaIjs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxw5BpoZ6Tc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuha_Desert

https://www.britannica.com/place/Colorado-River-United-States-Mexico

https://www.quechantribe.com/departments-quechan-language-preservation.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Yuma

http://www.kumeyaay.info/cocopah.html

http://www.kumeyaay.info/shumupkohup/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYuCzaOZC6g

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_yuma

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucapah

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http://atlas.inpi.gob.mx/cucapa-ubicacion/

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Who were the leaders of Tabasco through the latter half of the 16th century? Who was Melchor the Mapmaker? How did Bishop DIego de Landa get onto this podcasts black list? What was Mayor Aguirre's most controversial act regarding the almojarifazgo and alcabal taxes? How many crimes was Corregidor Quijeda accused of? Why was Mayor Cordova so unlucky? Who was the One Armed Pirate from Virginia? And when will we ever get to talking about the pirates? Answers to all these and more as we close off the 16th century in Tabasco with a few visits from some aggressive businessmen of the High Seas.

Who were the men who attempted to conquer the Chontalpa region? Who ultimately got the credit for doing so? Why do so many places in Tabasco have Nahua names? What was a Cabildo, an Alcalde and an Alguacil? How did The Spanish Crown attempt to control the elites in Nueva Espana? Was Rodrigo Rangel the right man to send on campaign through the Chontalpa? And how did the Cimantecos fight off the Spanish for so long? All these questions and more as we go from Macro to Micro view on the pacification of Tabasco and dive into the naming of its many communities and settlements.

What were Francisco de Montejo el Adelantado de Yucatan’s last few years in Tabasco like? Who was the Bishop Pedraza? How did Tabasco fair during the early Colonial Period? What is the Spanish Genet? Why was the Lady Catalina de Montejos wedding important for more than the obvious reasons? Who was the Lempira and the Lencas? How did El Mozo Montejo handle Tabasco as its substitute governor? And what on earth is A Game of Reeds? All these questions and more as we witness the struggles of el Adelantado in the Mayan Jungles, and say goodbye to the Montejo’s in Tabasco in our next chapter on the history of the Emerald of the Southwest!

Who was the first Royal Governor of Tabasco? How many Francisco de Montejo's made their name in the Yucatan? What was Alonso Davilas contribution to our story? Who was Baltasar de Osorio y Gallegos? What was de Montejo's most important title? How was Francisco de Montejo's relationship with the various colonial governments of New Spain? And just how many Salamanca's were established and survived in the Yucatan? All these questions and more as we follow the Montejo family into their conquest of the Yucatan starting with their pacification of Tabasco.