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Letter to Editor re “Earliest Americans”

Now and then, I feel compelled to write a letter to the editor of The New York Times. The Times never has responded, nor have they ever published one of my letters. I’m going to start posting my unpublished New … Continue reading

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Tarascans under Spanish rule: How one town stayed Indian while its neighbor became mestizo

  By Joel Thurtell Twelve kilometers east-southeast of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, four wooded volcanic peaks roughly bound the east end of a moderately fertile, flat, well-watered valley. On a long slope descending to this plain sits Cuanajo, a large[1] Tarascan town. … Continue reading

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