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Reports
Refer to reports that provide demographics, data, and/or other information.
- The Indigenous WorldAn annual report by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) organized by region and country. "The unique result of a collaborative effort between Indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily document and report on the situation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights."
- UNdata: Population by national and/or ethnic group, sex and urban/rural residenceData from the United Nations Statistics Division. Filter by country.
- State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (SOWIP)Reports by the United Nations about Indigenous Peoples. Coverage tends to be broad.
Assigned Readings
Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America by Print book. "This is a story of despair and hope, the processes of conquest and colonization, race mixing and class construction, revolution and republic formation, and the elusive quests for sustained economic growth and political and social equality."
Read the chapter "Encounter."
Chasteen, John Charles. 2011. “Encounter.” In Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton.
The White Indians of Mexican Cinema : Racial Masquerade Throughout the Golden Age by Ebook. "Theorizes the development of a unique form of racial masquerade--the representation of Whiteness as Indigeneity--during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, from the 1930s to the 1950s."
García Blizzard, Mónica. The White Indians of Mexican Cinema : Racial Masquerade Throughout the Golden Age. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2022.
- Thief, Slave Trader, Murderer: Christopher Columbus and Caribbean Population DeclineJournal article
Tinker, Tink, and Mark Freeland. 2008. “Thief, Slave Trader, Murderer: Christopher Columbus and Caribbean Population Decline.” Wicazo Sa Review 23 (1): 25–50.
Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History by Ebook. "An indispensable analysis of the silences in our historical narratives, of what is omitted and what is recorded, what is remembered and what is forgotten, and what these silences reveal about inequalities of power."
Trouillot, Michel-Rolph. Silencing the Past Power and the Production of History. 20th Anniversary Edition. Boston: Beacon Press, 2015.
Suggested Sources
- The Other SlaveryPodcast episode
Resendez, Andres. “The Other Slavery.” The Official Project Censored Podcast, April 27 2020. https://www.projectcensored.org/the-other-slavery-with-andres-resendez/ - Juan Mateo Guaticabanú, September 21, 1496: Evangelization and Martyrdom in the Time of ColumbusJournal article
Stevens-Arroyo, Anthony M. “Juan Mateo Guaticabanú, September 21, 1496: Evangelization and Martyrdom in the Time of Columbus.” The Catholic Historical Review 82, no. 4 (1996): 614–36. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25024816. - The Invention of Christopher Columbus, American HeroMagazine article
Burmila, Ed. “The Invention of Christopher Columbus, American Hero.” The Nation, October 9, 2017. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-invention-of-christopher-columbus-american-hero/
- Blackness in Argentina: Jazz, Tango and Race before PerónJournal article
Karush, Matthew B. “Blackness in Argentina: Jazz, Tango and Race before Perón.” Past & Present, no. 216 (2012): 215–45. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23360229. - Argentina Takes down Columbus Statue from PedestalNewspaper article
“Argentina Takes down Columbus Statue from Pedestal.” San Diego Union-Tribune, June 29, 2013. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-argentina-takes-down-columbus-statue-from-pedestal-2013jun29-story.html. - Christopher Columbus Monument Removal, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaWebsite article
“Christopher Columbus Monument Removal, Buenos Aires, Argentina.” World History Commons. Accessed [date]. https://worldhistorycommons.org/christopher-columbus-monument-removal-buenos-aires-argentina - Columbus Monument in Buenos AiresWebsite article
“Columbus Monument in Buenos Aires.” Contested Histories. Accessed [date]. https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/columbus-monument-in-buenos-aires/ - La Argentina y ColonJournal article
Destéfani, Laurio H. “La Argentina y Colon.” Revista de Historia de América, no. 113 (1992): 7–19. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20139812. - Juana Azurduy de PadillaWebsite article
“Juana Azurduy de Padilla.” Illustrated Women in History. Accessed [date]. https://illustratedwomeninhistory.com/juana-azurduy-de-padilla/ - Indigenous Peoples in ArgentinaWebsite article
“Juana Azurduy de Padilla.” IWGIA. Accessed [date]. https://www.iwgia.org/en/argentina/274-indigenous-peoples-in-argentina10 - Jujuy Stands Up Against Multinational Mining Companies and Anti-Democratic ReformsWebsite article
Cruz Ferre, Juan. “Jujuy Stands Up Against Multinational Mining Companies and Anti-Democratic Reforms.” NACLA. August 12, 2023. https://nacla.org/jujuy-mining-anti-democratic-reforms - Columbus, Juana and the Politics of the Plaza: Battles over Monuments, Memory and Identity in Buenos AiresJournal article
Frei, Cheryl Jiménez. “Columbus, Juana and the Politics of the Plaza: Battles over Monuments, Memory and Identity in Buenos Aires.” Journal of Latin American Studies 51, no. 3 (2019): 607–38.
The Black History Truth - Argentina : No Hay Gente Negroes Acqui (There Are No Black People Here) by Ebook. "Aims to promote knowledge, understanding and the truth of Black History in an important but often overlooked former Spanish colony of Argentina."
Gayle, Pamela. The Black History Truth - Argentina : No Hay Gente Negroes Acqui (There Are No Black People Here). La Vergne: Grosvenor House Publishing, 2022.
- Santo Domingo Journal; For Columbus Lighthouse, a Fete That FizzledNews article
French, Howard W. “Santo Domingo Journal; for Columbus Lighthouse, a Fete That Fizzled.” The New York Times, September 25, 1992. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/25/world/santo-domingo-journal-for-columbus-lighthouse-a-fete-that-fizzled.html - The Columbus Lighthouse: A Homage to the DiscoveryWebsite article
“The Columbus Lighthouse: A Homage to the Discovery.” Barceló Experiences. Accessed [date]. https://www.barcelo.com/guia-turismo/en/dominican-republic/republica-dominicana/things-to-do/faro-a-colon/ - "Haiti and Dominican Republic : An Island Divided"Film
Pollack, Ricardo, dir. Black in Latin America. "Haiti and Dominican Republic : An Island Divided." Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2011.
Black in Latin America by Ebook. "The history of how six Latin American countries acknowledge--or deny--their African past 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World during the Middle Passage."
Read the chapter “The Dominican Republic: ‘Black behind the Ears.’”
Gates, Henry Louis. “The Dominican Republic: ‘Black behind the Ears.’” In Black in Latin America, 119–45. New York: New York University Press, 2011.
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: City of Christopher ColumbusFilm
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic : City of Christopher Columbus. Global Screen, 1996. - Light for Columbus DimsNews article
Farah, Douglas. “Light for Columbus Dims.” The Washington Post, September 1, 1992. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/09/01/light-for-columbus-dims/f099a9cf-2f42-4597-80a0-61398e48314d/ - The Land Columbus Loved: the Dominican RepublicBook
Harding, Bertita. The Land Columbus Loved: The Dominican Republic. New York: Coward-McCann, 1949.
Modern Architecture in Latin America by Ebook. "Designed as a survey and focused on key examples and movements arranged chronologically from 1903 to 2003, this is the first comprehensive history of modern architecture in Latin America in any language."
Read the chapter "The Columbus Memorial Lighthouse Competition Sparks an Investigation into what Architecture for Latin America Should Be Like"
Carranza, Luis E., and Fernando Luiz. Lara. "The Columbus Memorial Lighthouse Competition Sparks an Investigation into what Architecture for Latin America Should Be Like." In Modern Architecture in Latin America : Art, Technology, and Utopia, 42-46. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014.
The Business of Leisure: Tourism History in Latin America and the Caribbean by Ebook. "Critically surveys a wide selection of travel practices, places, and time periods in considering the development of the hospitality industry in Latin America and the Caribbean."
Read the chapter “‘Created by God’ (or Columbus?) For Tourism: Building Tourism Fantasy in the Dominican Republic, 1966–1978”
Manley, Elizabeth. “‘Created by God’ (or Columbus?) For Tourism: Building Tourism Fantasy in the Dominican Republic, 1966–1978.” In The Business of Leisure: Tourism History in Latin America and the Caribbean, edited by Andrew Grant Wood, 245–76. University of Nebraska Press, 2021.
The Dominican Republic Reader by Ebook. "Despite its significance in the history of Spanish colonialism, the Dominican Republic is familiar to most outsiders through only a few elements of its past and culture. Non-Dominicans may be aware that the country shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti and that it is where Christopher Columbus chose to build a colony."
Roorda, Eric, Lauren Derby, and Raymundo González, eds. The Dominican Republic Reader : History, Culture, Politics. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014.
The Tainos : Rise & Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus by Ebook. "When Columbus arrived in the Americas, the first people he encountered were the Tainos, inhabitants of the islands of the northern Caribbean Sea. In this book a noted archeologist and anthropologist tells the story of the Tainos from their ancestral days on the South American continent to their rapid decline after contact with the Spanish explorers."
Rouse, Irving. The Tainos : Rise & Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.
- El Parque Colón, Reconocido Como El Mejor Espacio PúblicoNews article
“El Parque Colón, Reconocido Como El Mejor Espacio Público.” Diario Libre, June 29, 2009. https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/el-parque-coln-reconocido-como-el-mejor-espacio-pblico-FKDL205374
- Don’t Call Us Traitors: Descendants of Cortés’s Allies Defend Role in Toppling Aztec EmpireNews article
Agren, David. “Don’t Call Us Traitors: Descendants of Cortés’s Allies Defend Role in Toppling Aztec Empire.” The Gaurdian, August 13, 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/13/mexico-tlaxcala-aztec-empire-anniversary - Jamaica and Tamarindo: Afro Tradition in the Heart of MexicoFilm
Bailey, Ebony, dir. Jamaica and Tamarindo: Afro Tradition in the Heart of Mexico. San Francisco: EPF Media, Inc., 2020. - Mexico City Replaces a Statue of Columbus With One of an Indigenous WomanNews article
Kurmanaev, Anatoly, and Oscar Lopez. “Mexico City Replaces a Statue of Columbus With One of an Indigenous Woman.” The New York Times, October 14, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/world/americas/mexico-columbus-statue-indigenous.html - Who Was La Malinche?Website article
Mohammed, Farah. “Who Was La Malinche?” JSTOR Daily. March 1, 2019. https://daily.jstor.org/who-was-la-malinche/ - Monument honoring Indigenous women to replace Columbus statue in Mexico CityNews article
Associated Press. “Monument Honoring Indigenous Women to Replace Columbus Statue in Mexico City.” NPR. October 12, 2021. https://www.npr.org/2021/10/12/1045357312/indigenous-woman-sculpture-mexico-city.
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas: Volume 2, Mesoamerica, Part 2 by Ebook. "Through specific discussions of the native peoples of the different regions of Mexico, the chapters on the period since the arrival of the Europeans address the themes of contact, exchange, transfer, survivals, continuities, resistance, and the emergence of modern nationalism and the nation-state."
Adams, Richard E. W., and Murdo J MacLeod. The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas. Vol. 2, Mesoamerica. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Life Story: Malitzen (La Malinche)Website article
“Life Story: Malitzen (La Malinche).” Women & the American Story. Accessed [date]. https://wams.nyhistory.org/early-encounters/spanish-colonies/malitzen/ - Mexico's Indigenous PopulationWebsite article
Fox, John. “Mexico's Indigenous Population.” Cultural Survival. March 26, 2010. https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/mexicos-indigenous-population - Infographic: Afrodescendants in MexicoWebsite article
Aguilar Rangel, Jazmin. “Infographic: Afrodescendants in Mexico.” Wilson Center. July 29, 2022. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/infographic-afrodescendants-mexico - People from Mexico show stunning amount of genetic diversityNews article
Wade, Lizzie. “People from Mexico show stunning amount of genetic diversity.” Science. June 12, 2014. https://www.science.org/content/article/people-mexico-show-stunning-amount-genetic-diversity
- Black in Latin America by Ebook. "The history of how six Latin American countries acknowledge--or deny--their African past 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World during the Middle Passage."
Read the chapter "Mexico: 'The Black Grandma in the Closet.'"
Gates, Henry Louis. “Mexico: ‘The Black Grandma in the Closet.’” In Black in Latin America, 59–90. New York: New York University Press, 2011.
- A Statue of Christopher Columbus in Mexico City Will Be Replaced by One of an Indigenous WomanNews article
Andrew, Scottie. “A Statue of Christopher Columbus in Mexico City Will Be Replaced by One of an Indigenous Woman.” CNN, September 6, 2021. https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/06/americas/columbus-statue-indigenous-woman-mexico-city-cec/index.html
Five Letters 1519-1526 by Primary source
"Cortés's letters to the Emperor from Mexico are half-letters, half-despatches. The letters were all written between 1519 and 1526... Letter Three: This letter covers the advance of Cortés into Culua, the assault on the capital itself and the various enterprises undertaken by the Conqueror to extend his power throughout Mexico."
Cortés, Hernando. Five Letters, 1519-1526. London: Routledge, 2014.
- Statue of Pre-Hispanic Woman Will Replace Columbus Sculpture in Mexico CityMagazine article
McGreevy, Nora. “Monument to Indigenous Women Will Replace Columbus Statue in Mexico City.” Smithsonian Magazine, September 9, 2021. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/monument-indigenous-women-will-replace-columbus-statue-mexico-city-180978609/ - Mexico City Marks Columbus Day Without Statue of ColumbusNews article
Associated Press. “Mexico City Marks Columbus Day Without Statue of Columbus.” AP News. October 12, 2020. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-religion-mexico-mexico-city-columbus-day-60bdc08a7606b41a4825d467d97c5f6c - Translating 1492: Mexico’s and Spain’s First National Celebrations of the "Discovery" of the AmericasJournal article
Vázquez, Oscar E. “Translating 1492: Mexico’s and Spain’s First National Celebrations of the ‘Discovery’ of the Americas.” Art Journal 51, no. 4 (1992): 21–29.
Models for Transformation
- The New Monuments that America Needs: Every Statue Defends an Idea About History, but What if Those Ideas Are Wrong?Magazine article
Hsu, Hua. "The New Monuments that America Needs: Every Statue Defends an Idea About History, but What if Those Ideas Are Wrong?." The New Yorker, Sept. 15, 2020. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-new-monuments-that-america-needs - A Monumental Shift: Memorials to White Supremacy Are Falling. What Will Replace Them?News editorial
Emba, Christine. “A Monumental Shift: Memorials to White Supremacy Are Falling. What Will Replace Them?.” The Washington Post, June 17, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/opinions/confederate-statues-monuments/ - Six Strategies for Dealing with Controversial Monuments and MemorialsWebsite article
Beatty, Bob. “Six Strategies for Dealing with Controversial Monuments and Memorials.” Hyperallergic. June 7, 2018. https://hyperallergic.com/445981/six-strategies-for-dealing-with-controversial-monuments-and-memorials/ - Confederate Monuments and Other Disputed Memorials Have Come Down in Cities Across America. What Should Take Their Place?Magazine article
Carlisle, Madeleine. “Confederate Monuments and Other Disputed Memorials Have Come Down in Cities Across America. What Should Take Their Place?” Time, July 28, 2020. https://time.com/5869866/replace-confederate-statues/ - The Political Life of StatuesWebsite article
Straka, Tomas. "The Political Life of Statues." Revista: Harvard Review of Latin America, Aug. 20, 2021. https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/the-political-life-of-statues/ - Addressing the StatueWebsite article
“Addressing the Statue.” American Museum of Natural History. July 16, 2019. https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/addressing-the-statue - Anti-Monumentalism in Mexico: Making Visible What the State Would Rather HideWebsite article
Copeland, Cody. “Anti-Monumentalism in Mexico: Making Visible What the State Would Rather Hide.” Courthouse News Service. August 13, 2022. https://www.courthousenews.com/anti-monumentalism-in-mexico-making-visible-what-the-state-would-rather-hide/
Ideas for Inspiration
- Charlottesville to Initiate Statue RemovalsPress release
"Charlottesville to Initiate Statue Removals." City of Charlottesville. July 9, 2021. https://charlottesville.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=726&ARC=1061 - An Ancient Mexican Ceremony Involving Acrobats and a PoleYouTube video
CGTN America. "An Ancient Mexican Ceremony Involving Acrobats and a Pole." YouTube Video, June 2, 2019. https://youtu.be/MR6qRUKTOp4?si=Rt0Knoj9AGr_2t88 - Celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage Month!Website article
"Celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage Month!" New York Latin Culture Magazine. November 17, 2022. https://www.newyorklatinculture.com/puerto-rican-heritage-month/ - An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was RemovedNews article
Shivaram, Deepa. “An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was Removed.” NPR. September 22, 2021. https://www.npr.org/2021/09/22/1039333919/new-emancipation-statue-richmond-virginia-monument - 1492: An Ongoing VoyageOnline exhibition by the Library of Congress. "The exhibition examines the first sustained contacts between American people and European explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600. During this period, in the wake of Columbus's voyages, Africans also arrived in the hemisphere, usually as slaves. All of these encounters, some brutal and traumatic, others more gradual, irreversibly changed the way in which peoples in the Americas led their lives."
"1492: An Ongoing Voyage." Library of Congress. Accessed [date]. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/ - Afro-Cuban Artist Reimagines Renaissance Art with Black People at the CenterRogers, Kristen. “Afro-Cuban Artist Reimagines Renaissance Art with Black People at the Center.” CNN. September 18, 2021. https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/17/style/harmonia-rosales-master-narrative-renaissance-exhibit/index.html
- Tyree Guyton Turned a Detroit Street Into a Museum. Why Is He Taking It Down?Magazine article
Miller, M.H. “Tyree Guyton Turned a Detroit Street Into a Museum. Why Is He Taking It Down?” New York Times Magazine, May 9, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/magazine/tyree-guyton-art-detroit.html