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…
Uncategorized When a Virgin Sacrifice at Fair Park Almost Caused an International Incident — 1937 13 Nov 201528 Dec 2017 Aztec "Sacrifice" in Dallas (Pan-American Expo - 1937)
A'tlakwiloa… AUGUST 13, 1521: AN AGE OF RUIN BEGINS | #Mexika #NikanTitlakah #decolonize 13 Aug 201528 Dec 2017 AUGUST 13, 1521: AN AGE OF RUIN BEGINS Today, August 13, marks the date that the Great Tenochtitlan succumbed to the convergence of forces against it in the year 1521.…
History… George T. Díaz on Law Enforcement Legacies of 1910s Violence |#history #immigration #borderpatrol 29 Jul 201528 Dec 2017 “Seeing Sediciosos Where There Aren’t Any: U.S. State Violence against Smugglers Before and After the Plan de San Diego” In Américo Parades’s classic novel George Washington Gómez, we meet Feliciano…
History… Miguel Levario Addresses Impact of Plan de San Diego on Race Relations #Tejano #history #decolonize 29 Jul 201528 Dec 2017 The Plan de San Diego of 1915 is arguably the most controversial document in Texas history since the call to arms for the Texas rebellion of 1836. The Plan was…
Mexikah… “Motekuhzoma’s Headdress” reproduced in Mexico | #Azteca #Mexika #culture #history 14 Jul 201514 Jul 2015 MOCTEZUMA’S HEADDRESS, REPLICA FAITHFUL TO THE ORIGINAL Organización Editorial Mexicana July 13, 2015 [Editor’s note: Too bad that the supposed “Penacho de Motekuhzoma” was never an actual headdress ever worn…
