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"Utaztlan"?! (Letters to the Editor).
Regarding "'Utaztlan'?!" in the December 16th issue of THE NEW AMERICAN, prior to publication of the Nov. 17th Salt Lake City Tribune article about "Aztlan in Utah," I had been writing to Roberto Rodriguez about his theory and the fact that he and other "reconquista" theorists are using maps created by Spanish/Europeans (to define their explorations after invading this continent). Those maps have absolutely nothing to do with the Aztec tribe of Mexico, and the Spaniards were certainly not Aztec.
Mr. Rodriguez was somewhat perturbed that I, as an indigenous Native American, do not buy into his theory, nor do I appreciate these Aztlan myth pushers rewriting the history of this nation, and in the process erasing the history of our U.S. tribes (which the Aztec are not and never have been).
The southwestern United States was never ...
- Old name stirs dispute 'Aztlan' a symbol of pride, not takeover, Chicano...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Quintero, Fernando December 6, 2005 700+ words
...significance. According to legend, Aztlan was the ancestral homeland of the Aztec...rights movement of the 1960s and '70s, Aztlan became a symbol of political nationalism and ethnic pride. Today, Aztlan is still a word that evokes pride among...
- 'Aztlan' prompting debate in Fort Collins.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Ramirez, Rosa June 12, 2006 700+ words
...Mountain News For 25 years, the Northside Aztlan Community Center in Fort Collins has hosted...But recently the native Mexican word Aztlan in the center's name has propelled the...others who didn't, voted 5-2 to keep Aztlan in the name. The controversy began when...
- Mexican exhibit takes root: A new art show in Los Angeles examines the cultural...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor May 18, 2001 700+ words
...they settled...." - an Aztec legend Aztlan. A mythic homeland, as described in...that translates "place of the herons": Aztlan is both a place and an enduring cultural...ancestry lies in the American Southwest, Aztlan is also the answer to such fundamental...
- The utopia/dystopia of Latin America's margins: writing identity in Acadia and...
- Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Spires, Adam January 1, 2008 700+ words
...the literary traditions of Acadia and Aztlan, arguing in favour of their mutual belonging...suroeste de los EEUU bajo el nombre de Aztlan. Mas especifi camente, nos enfocamos...American activists under the name of Aztlan. (4) Luis Leal explains: [Aztlan...
- DEAL SHOULD KEEP AZTLAN THEATER ROCKIN'.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Mehle, Michael January 24, 1997 700+ words
...Mehle Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer The Aztlan Theater has hosted its share of big shows...then the Ogden Theatre. Since then, the Aztlan has been used somewhat infrequently and...punk shows to town - hopes to have the Aztlan hopping again. He has signed an exclusive...
- Rolas de Aztlan: Songs of the Chicano Movement.(Sound recording review)
- Magazine article from: Latin American Music Review Romero, Brenda M. March 22, 2006 700+ words
Rolas de Aztlan: Songs of the Chicano Movement, compiled...the very excellent compilation Rolas de Aztlan: Songs of the Chicano Movement, compiled...in full force during the early 1970s. Aztlan, a term attributed to Chicano activist...
- Welcome to Aztlan. (Teatro Nacionales de Aztlan festival at San Antonio, Texas)...
- American Theatre Morales, Ed March 1, 1993 700+ words
...November it became the spiritual center of Aztlan, a legendary land ruled by indigenous...of the '60s, these days the idea of Aztlan is largely kept alive by Chicano theatre...organization, TENAZ (Teatros Nacionales de Aztlan), held its 16th festival at the extraordinary...
- Immigration controversies.(United States)(western US said to be mythical Aztlan...
- Magazine article from: Catholic Insight June 1, 2006 700+ words
...chief of the Los Angeles-based Voz de Aztlan news service, which one critic describes...belong to the "mythical" homeland of Aztlan. It is contended that these lands are...2005) alone." A recent article on the Aztlan website declared "there is no doubt a...
