Uncategorized New article 26 Jan 202126 Jan 2021 Pialli! Dear Followers, I have not been active on here for a while. I've been busy teaching, researching, writing, and dealing with the pandemic as we all have. I just…
Uncategorized Paul Hernandez: Presente! 30 Sep 2020 The Mexican American community has lost another great one. Paul Hernandez—Austin Brown Beret and long-time Chicano activist—passed away September 24, 2020 at the age of 74. My condolences to the…
Uncategorized Q&A with John Trudell (2001) 13 Dec 2019 It's been 4 years since the imitable writer, artist, activist John Trudell (Santee Dakota) left us on Dec 8, 2015. Recently, I've been digging through my old files in an…
Uncategorized What Are We Thankful For? 27 Nov 20195 Aug 2020 Note: I was going through some old files today, and I found this old commentary I did back in 2003. It was for the Mexika Eagle Society journal that I…
Uncategorized Thanksgiving: A National Day of Mourning for Indians 22 Nov 2019 Thanksgiving: A National Day of Mourning for Indians by Moonanum James and Mahtowin Munro, 1998. Every year since 1970, United American Indians of New England have organized the National Day…
Uncategorized 50 Years On: Who Remembers the National Chicano Liberation Youth Conference? 28 Jun 201928 Jun 2019 50 YEARS ON: WHO REMEMBERS THE NATIONAL CHICANO LIBERATION YOUTH CONFERENCE? Today, June 28, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that occurred at the Stonewall Inn bar in…
Uncategorized Twitter discussion about the term Anahuatlahtolli 31 May 2019 The discussion that follows is one that I recently had with a couple of fellow Nawatl/Mexikayotl scholars on Twitter, and I think it's worth posting here for posterity. I plan…
Uncategorized Some Thoughts on the First Ever “Mexican American Civil Rights Tour” 13 Mar 201813 Mar 2018 Dallas, Texas These are just some preliminary thoughts on the Mexican American Civil Rights Tour of Texas that my fellow SMU history graduate, Carla Mendiola—in partnership with the Wesley-Rankin Community…
Academic… The Myth of La Virgin De Guadalupe 13 Dec 201712 Dec 2018 The Myth of La Virgin De Guadalupe Copyright Kurly Tlapoyawa 2000 Editor's note: Re-posted with author's permission. This is an excerpt from Kurly Tlapoyawa's book, We Will Rise (2000). A…
Uncategorized “Problematize” & Academic Discourse 22 Mar 20162 May 2016 Every now and then, I'll stop and ponder on the meanings of words I encounter in my academic studies, convincing myself that I understand their meaning. But then I get…
