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E-DECOLONIZE #20: Mexica Identity? Mexica Centrism and Decolonization: 9/16/22

Meet the panelists:

Cuitlahuac Arreola Martinez:

Cuitlahuac Arreola Martinez is a Nahuatl Language Learner & Teacher. They teach people of all ages from preschoolers to elders. As a 3rd language learner their role is to teach beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes of modern Nahuatl variants with an emphasis on Huasteca dialects from Veracruz, Hidalgo, & San Luis Potosi. Classical Nahuatl or ancient Nahuatl or colonial Nahuatl is also taught but the main focus is to speak in our original languages that is why they are also an Indigenous Language Promoter & Activist. They want to empower our community via language, a passion that they have had their whole life. They want to encourage everyone to speak their native language as a way of decolonizing, as a way to heal. They have been teaching virtually since 2018 and presently via Zoom. Pre-pandemic, they taught at LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes, Semillitas Preschool, Pasadena City College and other schools in so-called Southern California.

For more info: Speaknahuatl.com on Social Media

Huitzilyolotl Anahuac:

Huitzilyolotl is from Orange County, California. He’s a third-generation Chicano with roots in Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Coahuila and of Zacateco, Guachichile, and Nahua descent. He has a Master’s degree in Chicano Studies. He has been working in education for 18 years and currently working on his special education credentials to continue working with students with emotional disturbance. Huitzilyolotl is also a third-generation massage therapist and is continuing his family legacy of healing. Huitzilyolotl is also an Indigenous activist and poet.

Kurly Tlapoyawa:

Kurly Tlapoyawa is an archaeologist, ethnohistorian, cultural consultant, and filmmaker. His research covers Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and the historical connections between the two regions. He is the author of numerous books and has presented lectures at Harvard University, The University of New Mexico, Yale University, San Diego State University, and numerous others. He most recently worked as a cultural consultant for an upcoming film from Nickelodeon Animation Studios.

Kurly is the co-host of the podcast “Tales From Aztlantis, which deals with Chicano identity, Mesoamerican pseudo history, and archaeological misconceptions.

Talesfromaztlantis.com

Chimalli.org

Mexickanewyear.com

Chris Cuauhtli:

Chris Cuauhtli is an Indigenous Nahua Tamazulteco from Tamazula Jalisco Mexico. He was born in Soyatlan, outside of Tamazula Jalisco and raised in Sacramento California. He is a Professional tattoo artist and Indigenous Language advocate currently working on the revitalization of the Nahuatl variant of southern Jalisco. He has been involved in Danza Azteca Chichimeca and Indigenous ceremonies in the US and Mexico for over 25 years. He currently works as an English language tutor and Tattoo artist and resides in Mexico. Visit Jalisco Nahuatl on Youtube and IG for more information

Citlalli Anahuac:

Anahuac is a historian, poet, activist. For the past 26 years she has been studying decolonial Mexican history as a detribalized Mexicana and has dedicated her activism, poetry, and research to understanding and sharing that history. She is a fourth generation removed from a Nahua speaking community of El Grullo Jalisco. She uses social media to share critical research on decolonial history of México. Her publications include Obsidian Blades: Decolonizing Poetry for Indigenous People of Occupied America (2013) and Don’t Call Me Latina: Notes from a decolonizing Mexican reclaiming everything that is ours (2022) She launched E-Decolonize in 2020 and since then has dedicated her time to teaching free and private courses that focus on providing accessible education for all ages and a priority to teaching the BIPOC community. Find her on social media under MEXICAN EXCELLENCE.

www.citlalli-anahuac.com