Del gobierno indigena al Ayuntamiento constitucional en las Huastecas hidalguense y veracruzana, 1780-1853

Abstract

This article examines the manner in which the Indian villages in the Huastecas of Hidalgo and Veracruz structured their governments during the transitional years of 1780 to 1853. It describes possible continuities and modifications of the organizational structure of Indian government, as well as measures adopted by the villages during the formation of ayuntamientos in 1812 and the first forty years of independence.