The safeguard is the guard or security of something.
Protection is the security or guard that is placed on something. For example: “Please put the plants under shelter because it is raining a lot” , “It is very cold, we are going to try to shelter from the wind behind those dunes” , “Don't worry, in our institution, your savings are to shelter.”
In contracts , the safeguard is the security that is made in writing . The concept is also used to name the document that certifies that a certain transaction or payment has been carried out.
Various uses of the term reservation
The reservation is, on the other hand, the custody of a site, a border, a limit or a coastline to prevent the introduction of contraband . The body of employees assigned to the service is also called resguardo. Another use of the notion refers to the distance that, as a precaution, a ship maintains with respect to a dangerous point.
The term also has regional uses. In Argentina and Uruguay , the shelter is the roof that is built with light materials to shelter those who wait for the passage of a means of public transportation. In Cuba , the reservation is an amulet that wards off bad luck.
In colonial times, the indigenous reservation was a legal institution.
A legal institution of colonial origin
Resguardo, likewise, was a legal institution of colonial origin that included the territory recognized by an Aboriginal community with the corresponding title of collective or community property. The American aborigines worked these lands and then had to report to the Spanish conquerors.
In this sense, we would have to talk, therefore, about what has been called an indigenous reservation . During the colonial period of America was when what became a socio-political institution appeared that was made up of a territory of descent from said continent where its own traditions, norms and culture governed.
The origin of the implementation of the colonial reservation was none other than the interest that existed from Spain to prevent the conquerors from appropriating all the lands and exploiting all the natives. Because? Because it was necessary for the indigenous people to continue offering labor in any situation and also taking charge of agriculture, in order to provide food for everyone.
Characteristics of the indigenous reservation
Regarding this type of institutions, some of their most important hallmarks should be highlighted:
- They were territorial and economic units.
- They were divided into two clearly delimited areas: the obligations, which were the lands that were dedicated to cultivation for the benefit of the entire community, and those of the families.
- The main authority of each of these indigenous reservations was a governor, who was responsible for establishing and guaranteeing order within those spaces.
- These lands became the main object of struggle for the indigenous people. Thus, for a long time, as could be seen in the 20th century through the various indigenous movements, they advocated conserving those in order to survive and maintain their essence.
The reservations co-existed simultaneously with other regimes such as the encomiendas and the mitas , with the aborigines as labor used for the benefit of the Europeans.