... is a form of statecraft—learned from the nineteenth-century state formation of Mexico and the United States—that creates a parallel sovereignty, which is an effect of the binational war on drugs and benefits free trade in a myriad of ways. The chapter reflects on the long life of the indio bárbaro...

... In the quest of Castilian slave owners to identify the imperial (i.e., Spanish vs. Portuguese) and geographical origins of indio litigants, witnesses and litigants navigated physiognomic identity markers and other criteria, including markings and language, which ultimately helped determine...

... the perspective of the indigenous peoples who were deeply involved in and victims of these processes. Key to understanding this development is how notions of sovereignty – the imagined meanings of land, boundaries, and space—helped determine the imperial status of indios in the courtroom. sovereignty...

...The “RepÚblica de Los Indios” ...

... indio commodification family intimacy ...

... indio branding witnesses documents ...

... indio identification class global local ...

... Casas Bartolomé de las indios justice ...

... physiognomy sonic criteria identification witnesses indio ...

... cannibalism legal narratives indio just war rescate ...

... Antonio Ladrón de Guevara José de Escandón Antonio Fernández de Jáuregui Nuevo Santander Provincia de Tejas San Saba mission indios gentiles indios bárbaros Comanche Apache hysteria No Country for Old Men ...

... sovereignty Moluccas Rio de la Plata Myanmar imperial boundaries indio ...