The Opatas : in search of a Sonoran people / David A. Yetman ; with an appendix on the languages of the Opateria by David Shaul.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Yetman, David, 1941-

Contributor:

• Shaul, David Leedom.

Series:

• Southwest Center Series
• The Southwest Center series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Opata Indians--History.
• Opata Indians--Social life and customs.
• Opata Indians--Government relations.
• Sonora (Mexico : State)--History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 339 p., [8] p. : ill. (some col.), maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1600 they were the largest, most technologically advanced indigenous group in northwest Mexico, but today, though their descendants presumably live on in Sonora, almost no one claims descent from the Ópatas.

Contents:

• Sonora : the Opatería
• Where they were : the land and the limits of Opatan unity
• Opatans as they were when Spaniards arrived
• The Jesuits in the Opatería
• The new conflicts : mining and miners
• The Opatería following the Jesuit expulsion
• Opatan resistance : summary and discussion
• Appendix. The language of the Opatería / David Shaul.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-328) and index.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8165-0109-2

OCLC:

855606913