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MARTIN PEREZ, José Manuel. Re-indigenization of the municipal government in Huixtan: Change, persistence and resistence in a Chiapanecan municipality in Los Altos de Chiapas. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2014, vol.9, n.17, pp.3-19. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2014.17.59.

This text narrates the constant configuration and reconfiguration of the municipal government of Huixtan, Chiapas. For this explanation, it is necessary to use different chronological moments as a point of departure. This broader context allows the changes to be observed. As part of a non-linear cycle, moments including re-indigenization, de-indigenization and a new re-indigenization processes of the municipal government of Huixtan were selected for study. The re-indigenization process occurring after 1994, during the Zapatista juncture, emphasizes the renewal of the bond between municipal authorities and the main elders, as well as the revitalization of religious meaning in certain practices during the exercise of municipal government. Both these practices and the aforementioned relationships characterize indigenous governments of los Altos de Chiapas.

Palabras llave : indigenous government; re-indigenization; EZLN; Huixtan.

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