¿Cacique, general y hacendado? Transformaciones en la dinastía Catriel, Argentina, 1820-1870

Abstract

The colonizing advance of the white world on native in the Pampas of Argentine territory during the XIX century affected in different ways the peoples who inhabited the area. In the case analized, one of “friendly tribes”, the process initiated different mechanisms destined to lead to readjustment that guaranteed survival in the region. These became doubtlessly very successful in the short term. The socio-economic, political and cultural transformations that affected the Catriel dynasty refute at least two closely related phenomena. Firstly, the idea of the immutability of the indigenous world; and secondly, the role ethnicity played in the decision-making process.