Draft:Próspero Cahuantzi
Próspero Cahuantzi | |
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| Governor of Tlaxcala | |
| In office 15 January 1885 – 2 June 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Teodoro Rivera |
| Succeeded by | Diego L. Kennedy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Próspero Cahuantzi Flores 29 July 1834 Santa María Ixtulco, Tlaxcala Territory, Mexico |
| Died | 8 January 1915 (aged 80) Chihuahua City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Soldier |
Próspero Cahuantzi Flores (29 July 1834 – 8 January 1915) was a Mexican army officer and politician. He served as governor of Tlaxcala from 1885 to 1911, one of the longest serving state governors in Mexican history. He was a close ally of President Porfirio Díaz during the Porfiriato and was also known for his promotion of indigenous language and culture.
Early life[edit]
Cahuantzi was born on 29 July 1834 in Santa María Ixtulco within the Tlaxcala Territory.[1] He was the son of Joaquina Flores and José Severiano Cahuantzi.[2] He was born into a "family of landless peasants" and spoke both Nahuatl and Spanish, in common with most other Tlaxcalans. He was largely self-educated, receiving only a few years of formal education.[3] He attended the elementary school in Santa Ana Chiautempan and also received further instruction from a Dominican friar.[2] As well as Spanish, he was a fluent speaker of Nahuatl and Otomi.[4]
Military career[edit]
In 1856, Cahuantzi joined the Mexican Army, one of the few opportunities for someone from the peasant class. He served in the Second Franco-Mexican War and reached the rank of colonel, developing a friendship with republican general Porfirio Díaz.[3]
Governorship[edit]
In 1895, Cahuantzi gave a keynote address to the International Congress of Americanists at the National Museum in Mexico City, the first time the congress had been held in the Americas. His speech was delivered before three significant pre-colonial artifacts – the Aztec sun stone, the colossal head of Xipe Totec, and a Mayan Chac Mool sculpture – and called on attendees to use archaeology to "advance the history of the ancient peoples of the Americas". At a banquet the previous night, he had delivered a toast in Nahuatl.[5]
El Prosperato[edit]
Personal life[edit]
Cahuantzi married. He died on.
References[edit]
- ^ Sumner 2019, p. 65.
- ^ a b Ríos 2017, p. 64.
- ^ a b Sumner 2019, p. 66.
- ^ Ríos 2017, p. 68.
- ^ Sumner 2019, pp. 63–64.
Further reading[edit]
- Gómez De Lara, José (2014). "Próspero Cahuantzi en la caricatura política" (PDF). Estudio (in Spanish). 19: 179–192.
- López Pozos, Cecilia (2013). "La personalidad violenta en la revolución: Porfirio Díaz y Próspero Cahuantzi". In Romero Melgarejo, Osvaldo; Romano Garrido, Ricardo; Jiménez Guillén, Raúl (eds.). Violencia, actores y enemigos del Estado (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala. pp. 89–118.
- Ramírez Rancaño, Mario (1987). "Próspero Cahuantzi: el gobernador porfirista de Tlaxcala" (PDF). Historias (in Spanish). 16: 99–116.
- Ramírez Rancaño, Mario (1995). "Próspero Cahuantzi en la contrarrevolución". Revista Mexicana de Sociología (in Spanish). 57 (3): 177–190. doi:10.2307/3540867. JSTOR 3540867.
- Ríos, Gerardo (2017). Por la Patria Chica: Indigenous Rebellion and Revolution in the Oriente Central de México, Tlaxcala and Puebla, 1853-1927 (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University of California, San Diego.
- Sumner, Jaclyn Ann (2019). "The Indigenous Governor of Tlaxcala and Acceptable Indigenousness in the Porfirian Regime". Mexican Studies. 35 (1). University of California Press: 61–87. doi:10.1525/msem.2019.35.1.61. S2CID 150954158.