Dr. René Harder Horst is I.G. Greer Distinguished Professor 2018 to 2021 in History at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, United States. He is author of The Stroessner Regime and Indigenous Resistance in Paraguay, Military Struggle and Identity Formation in Latin America, El Régimen de Stroessner y la Resistencia Indígena, and numerous articles on Indigenous history in Latin America.

Introduction: Indigenous People from the Southern Cone meet an Important Person 1 Indigenous Latin America: Introductions, Methodology and Definitions 2 Indigenous Latin America: Abya Yala 3 Indigenous Encounters with Europeans: 15th Century 4 Natives Challenge the Conquerors Yet Help to Create a New World, 1500-1549 5 Colonial Alliances and Demographic Collapse, 1550-1599 6 The High Colonial Period: Indigenous People Join Imperial Systems, 1600-1649 7 Transculturation, Urbanization and Isolated Revolts, 1650-1699 8 Demographic Recovery and Growing Insurrections, 1700-1749 9 Religious Conflicts, Widespread Resistance, and New Countries, 1750-1826 10 Indigenous Responses to New Rulers and Frontier Expansion, 1811-1869 11 Struggles for Land, Labor and Political Leverage in Neocolonial Latin America, 1870-1930 12 Diverse Indigenous Paths toward Self-Determination, 1930-1971 13 Indigenous Organization and Opposition to Military Rule, 1971-1990 14 Indigenous People Enter the New Millennium, 1990-2012