%0 Journal Article %T "Informar si el padr¨®n que rige se conocen dos pueblos de Amaicha": Reestructuraciones socio-¨¦tnicas y disputas por tierras entre la colonia y la rep¨²blica %A Rodr¨ªguez %A Lorena B. %J Memoria americana %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X based on the study case of pueblo de indios de amaicha, and framing our analysis within the ethnogenesis concept, the paper poses a reflection over the socio-ethnic transformations operated in the above mentioned entity in the transitional period from colony to republic. we will analyze a litigation started by the alcalde of the pueblo de indios de amaicha -don lorenzo de olivares- regarding the encroachment of lands located in the calchaqu¨ª valley, and also another document claiming lands in the plains of tucum¨¢n. focusing on the dispute unleashed over communal lands, we propose to examine the possible strategies that allowed the maintenance/reconstruction of the pueblo de indios, as well as the sense of belonging associated. %K amaicha %K indigenous %K ethnogenesis %K 19th century. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-37512010000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en