Our New Anahuac

I have done a few posts before about some of my experiences in navigating in and out of the worlds of Mexicaoytl and ‘La Lucha.’  Certainly, I have come a long way in my understanding of both worlds since my days of being “one of those passed out Mechistas,” at Casa de Colores during an [...]

To my frustrated, Mexikah brother. Do not become flustered by people who are pettier than you, like myself. I appeal to you to teach and to enlighten me, rather than to discard me with your letters. That which is twisted will be straightened. This is our ancestor’s concept of justice. There is no need to [...]

In this video, a teacher asks Janet Murgia of NCLR how indigenous people may be included in the immigration discussion, since the debate always revolves around “Hispanics” and “Latinos.” My answer? Reawaken our people to our true identity: We are Anahuaca, Mexica, Indigenous and pronounce this as often as we can when we speak. Share [...]

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XochiKwikatl-Cuitlapalli Teotlatoliztlli XochiKwikatl. Flor Y Canto. Our ancestors equated the acquisition of knowledge with the beauty of nature and sacredness, with flower and song. Because nature is a part of the creator, the process of acquiring knowledge was considered sacred. Cuitlapalli Teotlatoliztilli. The masses of our people were referred to in Tenochtitlan as Cuitlapalli. The [...]

Citlalli Citlalmina Anahuac of the Mexica Movement speaks about some deficiencies in Chicana feminism.  Thanks to Nahui Huitzilopochtli for sharing this. Briefly, Citlalli, argues: Feminism doesn’t confront colonialism. Feminism fights white men, but we shouldn’t be fighting our men.  We should be developing them. Our pre-Cuahutemoc culture valued women, therefore our strategy for equality should [...]

Special thanks to Mazatzin, Assessor of the Ancient Culture of Anauak (an overly humble title in my opinion), for this guest post. He asked me to include his contact information: (323)830-7479 zemazatzin @ hotmail.com www.aztekayolokalli.com   Happy New Year to all, in this European colonial calendar count. It is a new year because we are [...]

The media does not seem to shy away from reminding us that our young Latina girls have the highest teen pregnancy rate in the county. About one million teenage girls in the United States, or one in three, gets pregnant before they turn 20. More than 80 percent of those pregnancies are unintended and unintentional, [...]

Sometimes I write in order to gather my thoughts before moving on something.  Sometimes I send them out as letters.  In this case, I used this for both.  This is a truncated version of a letter that I had sent out previously.  If I can find the original version, I’ll post that too. In the [...]