“This collection offers a solid body of new scholarship on indigenous wills in the colonial Americas, as well as critical teaching tools for instructors in Latin American history and historical anthropology. For introductory courses, it provides access to transcribed primary source materials that offer key insights into indigenous social experiences during the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. For advanced courses, the ... Read morearticles exemplify the diversity of interpretive approaches that scholars are currently employing to make sense of a crucial category of materials.” —Nathaniel P. VanValkenburgh, assistant professor of anthropology, University of Vermont  “The volume is made especially rich by the depth of knowledge that each contributor brings to his or her document. … It is particularly commendable for its attempt to widen the scope of the comparative study of the colonial Americas by including samples from such diverse linguistic and social contexts.”—Hispanic American Historical Review Show Less