Download or read book The Covenants with Earth and Rain written by John Monaghan and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, John Monaghan explores the culture of the Mixtecs, today one of the largest Native American groups in Mexico. Focusing on the community of Santiago Nuyoo, located in the mountainous Mixteca Alta region, he describes Nuyooteco marriage practices, gift exchange, kinship systems, land tenure, cosmology, ritual, and feasting.