The Business of Killing Indians: Contract Warfare and Genocide in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.

The article focuses on the 19th-century U.S.-Mexico borderlands and the contract warfare and genocide that took place there against Native Americans. The author discusses bounty laws in Chihuahua, Durango, and Sonora, examines the influence Southern Apaches and Comanches asserted in these regions, a...

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Publicado en:	Journal of American History no. 1; pp. 15 - 40
Autor principal:	Kiser, William S
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Jun2023
Materias:	Native Americans 19th century Native American history Crimes against Indigenous peoples Genocide Bounty hunters Apache (North American people) Comanche (North American people) Mexican-American Border Region
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Sumario:	The article focuses on the 19th-century U.S.-Mexico borderlands and the contract warfare and genocide that took place there against Native Americans. The author discusses bounty laws in Chihuahua, Durango, and Sonora, examines the influence Southern Apaches and Comanches asserted in these regions, and explores the racial, cultural, and political motivations behind this violence.