Where We Belong: A History of Indigenous Preservation Practices

ISBN-10: 0816548684
ISBN-13: 9780816548682
Series: Where We Belong
Category: Cazcan Indians
Language: English
Published: 2023
Author: Daisy Ocampo

Description

"This book examines the construction of memory in two indigenous sacred sites in the US and Mexico. It juxtaposes two relationships, the Chemehuevi people and their ties with the Old Woman Mountains of the East Mojave Desert, and the Caxcan people and their ties with Tlachialoyantepec in Zacatecas, Mexico. This research outlines a personal journey, a process of making connections through indigenous decolonial methodologies, and a research project in histories of both the Chemehuevi and Caxcan and their relationships to sacred mountains. This work emphasizes cultural engagements with performative and phenomenological insights as having historic preservation value"--