Tsë'ëk. The violence of others

For almost a year, a good part of the territory that today corresponds to the current state of Oaxaca was a territory free of colonialism.

Perhaps it would be necessary to clarify, for almost a year, the Zapotec, Ikoots, Mixe, Zoque and Chontal peoples expelled the Spanish Government from their territories;

In that suspended time, the communities were regulated by their own government structures and, in fact, an autonomy governed by their own council, a “council of Indians” was achieved.

The rebellion began on March 22, 1660 in the Mayor's Office of Tehuantepec, a territory that today is part ...

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