Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
PulseExploreClubsResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeClubsExplore
October 8, 2025IdeAsOpen Access

Where Spanish Possession and Indigenous Territoriality Meet: Counter Reading the Peace of Lacangayé in the Gran Chaco

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Authors

LPLaura Pensa

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Overview

This article uncovers tensions between Spanish possession and indigenous territoriality, suggesting complex interactions. Highlighting La Paz de La Cangayé illustrates pivotal land possession strategies.

Key Points

  • Spanish conquest struggled to control the Chaco region while Indigenous groups retained autonomy amidst colonial pressures.
  • The article reveals that high mobility Indigenous groups' subsistence practices complicated Spanish territorial control.
  • A close reading of La Paz de La Cangayé showcases the intersection of Spanish and Indigenous land strategies.
  • Ultimately, ongoing tensions and Indigenous resistance contributed to the complexities of colonial land possession.

Cite This Study

Laura Pensa (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6d7971ffa7aa7d63d1729https://doi.org/10.4000/14v7h
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1Deforesting the forest: Territory and relations in the Argentinean Chaco2024
  2. 2Can You See Us Now? Negotiating Indigenous Citizenship at a Road Blockade in Argentinean Chaco2026
  3. 3Parallel Histories: Conquest, Sovereignty, and Property in Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Sources2025
  4. 4Translating <i>Ch’akatajik:</i> Multilingual Poetics of “Conquest” in Sixteenth-Century Iximulew (Guatemala)2026
  5. 5Frontier Constellations: A History of Land-use Regimes in Paraguay’s Pilcomayo River Basin2024 · 2 citations