Links

Mexica
Movement
www.mexica-movement.org
A Mexica ('Mesheeka') "Think Tank". A research center, by our people, for our people. A truly dedicated group of people, not hobbyists or "Weekend Mexica." Other groups can call themselves what they want, but there is only one Mexica Movement.
What they do: academic research, community outreach, lectures on our history for the public, and study groups. They are not preoccupied with Dance and rituals (things our Mexica ancestors had to earn as Mexica Warriors), or the phony concept of "spirituality." They have the guts to confront the people who betray and insult us (like Edward James Olmos and Disney
Corporation).
Their purpose is to wake our people up to our true, creative heritage, so that we can take control of our own future.
Ce Acatl (One Reed)
Cultura y Actualidad de Nuestros Pueblos
http://www.laneta.apc.org/ceacatl/
(In Spanish) From Oaxaca, Mexico, this site is dedicated to preserving Indigenous Nahua culture and educating the public. Mainly stressed are Mexican Constitutional human rights issues for Indigenous peoples. Check out the book section. Ordering is easy, all you need is to send a money order.
150 Years of Occupation
http://www.sonic.net/~doretk/Issues/96-04%20APRIL/yearsofoccupation.html
Good brief history lesson. Tells how things became the way they are now. States that we are not from Spain, but Indigenous inhabitants of this land.
Historical Memory Project
http://www.toremember.org
Dedicated to documenting and uncovering
past and present human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples
in Latin America through scholarly publications, colloquia and
exhibits.
Mental Colonization:
Internalizing foreign ideologies can be harmful to personal and cultural progress
www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/bzm/bzmadler39.html
Good article on the
devastation of colonization.
Along Genetic Trails of Humankind in
the New World
http://home.att.net/~xochime/research/NewWorld.htm
This research site provided by by Citlalin Xochime, who with a formal background in biology, describes her research concerning the genetic "footprints" that
scientifically link us to Indigenous ancestry. Part of a forthcoming anthology. (Lots of information, including visual aides).
Maps on "North America" before Colonization and Other Interesting Facts
(from UCLA Chicano Studies 125
naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/confs&class/class/CS/data1.html
Lots of interesting maps.
Decolonization
http://pacifichumanrights.tripod.com/index-1.html
Understand the psychology of colonization. Understand how to undo its
psychological effects.
Soldaderas:
Women Soldiers of The Mexican Revolution (Civil War)
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/soldaderas.htm
Few people realize how much a role women played in Mexican wars. This site has great old photos and information on the involvement of women. I wish I could say I had a Soldadera on my family tree!
Transform Columbus Day
www.transformcolumbusday.org
Columbus was not our friend! He was a genocidal murderer (that's not exaggerating either!) To celebrate Columbus is to celebrate our own destruction and European/ White Supremacy. Not anti-Italian, just anti-Columbus!
Lies My Teacher Told Me: What Your
American History Textbook Got Wrong by Prof. James Loewen
www.uvm.edu/~jloewen/
This best-selling book should be read by every person, and especially by Chicanos. It's all the
American History you were not meant to hear.
Whiteness Studies: Deconstructing (the) Race
http://www.uwm.edu/People/gjay/Whiteness/
Understand that being White is not something scientific. It is a socially
defined category. Chicanos exist as a result of resistance to Whiteness. But what is Whiteness all about? How do "White" people enjoy
racial privileges in our society? Find out here!
Eco Maya Festival
www.ecomayafestival.com
Annual Los Angeles festival that showcases the many contributions of Maya Culture and Heritage, while at the same time educating and informing attendees about the ecology and the environment, with special emphasis on the protection of the ecology and biodiversity of Maya territories, and the latest achievements in renewable energy and sustainable living technologies.
Aztec Warfare: Review of book by Ross Hassig
http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=101
Atlatl Weapon Construction
(an engineering commercial site)
http://www.atlatl.com
Explains the physics behind the Atlatl and sells reproductions
Tarahumara.org
Tarahumara.org
Learn about this Indigenous Mexican people. "We are still here!"
Learning About Gangs
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed405157.html
Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org
Get smart about political issues. A
national, listener-sponsored public radio and TV show. Learn
what the "mainstream news" doesn't want you to hear.
Several stories from Indigenous genocide to who the real
"terrorists" are in the world.
Disinformation
http://www.disinfo.com
You are being lied to.
Constitution of the United States of
America
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst.html
Know your rights under the American
government. Also learn about Amendments that were never ratified.
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