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GARCIA RIVERA, Lucía  e  TREJO, Zulema. Between Power and Authority: Mateo Marquín, Captain General of Yaquis and Mayos from 1843 to 1857. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2018, vol.39, n.153, pp.227-259. ISSN 2448-7554.  https://doi.org/10.24901/rehs.v39i153.377.

The interrelationships of indigenous groups in Sonora and the State have been a recurrent theme in regional historiography in past decades, which focused mainly on aspects of confrontation and resistance. Current historiographical production, however, is experiencing a boom by delving into relationships established through negotiation and the pacification of indigenous territories. Adopting this perspective, the present study presents an approach to the study of indigenous leadership in Sonora through the case of Mateo Marquín, captain general of the Yaqui and Mayo Valley. Our research adopted the analytical proposal of Martha Bechis with its distinction between power and authority, using official reports and records of correspondence among different captain generals as sources. The objective was to understand the type of leadership exercised by Marquín in the 1840s and 1850s in Sonora and evaluate the effectiveness of its processes of intermediation.

Palavras-chave : indigenous leadership; intermediation; negotiation; captain general; Yaquis; Mateo Marquín.