“La raza rebelde”: Las luchas de la comunidad indígena de Subtiava, Nicaragua (1900-1960)
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1990-01-01
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Gould, Jeffry
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Editorial Universidad Nacional
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Hay en Subtiava un gran árbol conocido como el Tamarindón. Según los indios en 1610 los españoles ahorcaron en el Tamarindón a su último cacique Adiact, quien fue traicionado por un celoso pretendiente de su hija. Flor de Caña, lo que provocó también una masacre de muchos subtiavas. Para los subtiavas, el Tamarindón conmemora la tragedia de la Conquista y a la vez simboliza su solidariedad étnica amenazada. Dicha solidariedad comunal fue bien evidente durante la década de 1950 cuando los subtiavas montaron acciones de tipo militar en los cuales participaron mil personas, sin que una sola palabra de dichos preparativos fuera conocida por las autoridades (algo inconcebible en cualquier otro lado de Nicaragua). Un subtiava interrogado acerca de esta admirable capacidad para mantener la seguridad interna respondió "no está allí el Tamarindón para los traidores".
There is a large tree in Subtiava known as the Tamarindón. According to the Indians, in 1610 the Spaniards hanged their last chief Adiact in the Tamarindón, who was betrayed by a jealous suitor for his daughter. Flor de Caña, which also caused a massacre of many subtiavas. For the subtiavas, the Tamarindón commemorates the tragedy of the Conquest and at the same time symbolizes their threatened ethnic solidarity. This communal solidarity was very evident during the 1950s when the subtiavas mounted military-type actions in which a thousand people participated, without a single word of said preparations being known to the authorities (something inconceivable anywhere else in Nicaragua). A subtiava questioned about this admirable ability to maintain internal security replied "Tamarindón is not there for traitors."
There is a large tree in Subtiava known as the Tamarindón. According to the Indians, in 1610 the Spaniards hanged their last chief Adiact in the Tamarindón, who was betrayed by a jealous suitor for his daughter. Flor de Caña, which also caused a massacre of many subtiavas. For the subtiavas, the Tamarindón commemorates the tragedy of the Conquest and at the same time symbolizes their threatened ethnic solidarity. This communal solidarity was very evident during the 1950s when the subtiavas mounted military-type actions in which a thousand people participated, without a single word of said preparations being known to the authorities (something inconceivable anywhere else in Nicaragua). A subtiava questioned about this admirable ability to maintain internal security replied "Tamarindón is not there for traitors."
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NICARAGUA, MOVIMIENTOS SOCIALES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, CAPITALISMO, CAPITALISM, AGRÍCOLA, AGRICULTURAL, COLONIZACIÓN, COLONIZATION, INDIGENAS