reclaiming cultural identity
The candidate for political office stood in a plaza, naked, bracing himself against the punches and kicks. The crowd roared, pulsing around him like a beating heart. People
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March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments
Mexico has 60 indigenous languages in danger of disappearing with 21 of those idioms in critical danger due to dwindling numbers of native speakers and other factors but
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August 13, 2015 // 0 Comments
“For Justice, Security and the Restoration of our Territory”—that’s the slogan emblazoned on the uniform of the people in charge of security in Cherán, one of
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May 1, 2015 // 0 Comments
Mexika.org is proud to present a series of articles which serve to articulate the goals and positions of Yankwik Mexikayotl. Please subscribe to our site for more. THE
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September 17, 2014 // 8 Comments
Growing up in a well-heeled suburban community, I absorbed our society\’s distaste for dissent long before I was old enough to grasp just what was being dismissed. My
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January 24, 2014 // 0 Comments
A new website is calling for Aboriginal nations to move away from the Indian Act and towards autonomy and traditional governments. Siku Allooloo is part Haitian, part Inuk,
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November 6, 2013 // 0 Comments
Protesters clashed with police in Chile’s capital Saturday during an anti-Columbus Day march organized by Indigenous groups, with activists calling for the return of
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October 15, 2013 // 0 Comments
As an archaeologist, I welcome the news that “[t]rade unions in Canada, the United States and Mexico are preparing protests and legal action against the Mexican subsidiary
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October 10, 2013 // 0 Comments
On the left side of the courtroom, 60 to 70 short, dark-brown men and a few women are seated, handcuffed and shackled from the wrists, waist and ankles. All are silent. They
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October 9, 2013 // 0 Comments
Within our indigenous community of Xoxocotla, we continue to hold the ancestral values we inherited. It never crosses our mind to leave them behind. Because in daily life we
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September 4, 2013 // 0 Comments