Archives for Language
Series of Animated Stories Revitalize Indigenous Languages in Mexico
As originally posted on Global Voices / Written by Giovanna Salazar / Translated by Philip Smart Republished with author permission Photo: La última danza (The Last Dance) Animated Mayan folk tale. Screenshot taken from…
CHICANAH: a proposal
Chicano, Chicana, Chican@, or Chican o/a, oh wait, is it Chicana/o? Yea, that. Those annoying abnormal punctuating efforts we have to search our keyboard for in order to properly convey…
Tlahtolli: An interview with Juan B. Mancias of the Carrizo Comecrudo Nation of Texas
Photo of Juan B. Mancias. Photo from the Facebook album by Elizabeth Brossa: "The Gulf Remembers: The 5 year anniversary of the BP oil disaster" The following is an exclusive…
“Cuando muere una lengua” / new free app to learn Mixteco
The following are two awesome links that deal with the retention of indigenous language and its inextricable link to cultural identity. The first link is to a video in Nahuatl (subtitled…
Amoxcalli – House of Books
Amoxcalli is a website housing a series of sacred codices and texts. It also has a pictoral dictionary of various glyps for additional learning and reference. LINK:
Love Words from Turtle Island
How to say "I love you" in the indigenous languages of Turtle Island. Via Joyce Day
Linguistic Material from the Tribes of Southern Texas and Northeastern Mexico
By: John R. Swanton Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology LINK: #page/9/mode/1up NOTE: As is custom, please take this reading (and all readings written from an outsider perspective) with…
Day and Night in Nahuatl
Contributed by: Xochitezca Yaocihuatl
Colors in Nahuatl
A chart of the names of the colors in Nahuatl.
Currently Seeking Stories, Links, and Contributors
Xica Nation is currently seeking stories, links, and contributors in the following categories: Events - Community events to share Food is Medicine - Information about traditional foods and healthy eating…