A rebel territory behind the tourist scene: Negotiating national belonging and indigeneity in Quintana Roo

When we think of tourism or migration, international mobility. However, the history Quintana Roo teaches us that and migration can be forces nationalization. This article invites to revisit southeast Yucatan peninsula, in order understand mechanisms presided over its inclusion into Mexican nation logic resistance movement was opposed it. Furthermore, this delves ritual practices, social organization territoriality inherited from Cast War, are kept alive by rebels’ descendants (Cruzoob), unbeknownst gaze tourists migrants who currently inhabit region. How did Cruzoob negotiate an identity as Indigenous nation, without losing sight their sense territorial sovereignty? At time development Mayan Train, what challenges potential touristification War? These some questions proposes shed light on, conversation with historical anthropological readings, drawing on ethnographic material collected Tulum.