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The Vocabulary of Conquest

Ometeotl, Hunab Ku, and the battle for Indigenous souls

Feb 7, 2021

The Vocabulary of Conquest

Feb 7, 2021

An Aztec False Flag

Back in the day when I was a young man living in Mexico City, I purchased a paperback book on the Zocalo that would have a huge influence…

Oct 3

An Aztec False Flag

Oct 3

Night of The Comet (Burning Paradise Film Reviews)

I was still a snot-nosed little twerp when I first saw the commercial for Night of the Comet playing on the living room TV. I remember…

Jun 17, 2022

Night of The Comet (Burning Paradise Film Reviews)

Jun 17, 2022

An Immaculate Deception

The colonialist roots of La Virgen de Guadalupe

Feb 15, 2021

An Immaculate Deception

Feb 15, 2021

Café con Nawatl: A photograph of an actual Macuahuitl

While doing research for the makwawitl (macuahuitl, macana) episode of my youtube series, I came across a lot of really interesting…

Jan 28, 2021

Café con Nawatl: A photograph of an actual Macuahuitl

Jan 28, 2021

Café con Nawatl: Jicaras and drunken Bunnies

Today I want to talk about the word “jicara,” one of my favorite words in the Nawatl language. But before we get into that, I would like…

Jan 9, 2021

Café con Nawatl: Jicaras and drunken Bunnies

Jan 9, 2021

Café con Nawatl: The Metate

What’s up, everybody? It’s your boy Kurly Tlapoyawa, the hardcore archaeologist, and I’m writing this from deep inside occupied Pueblo…

Jan 3, 2021

Café con Nawatl: The Metate

Jan 3, 2021

The Virgin of Tepeyak

A brief history of la Virgen de Guadalupe

Dec 5, 2020

The Virgin of Tepeyak

Dec 5, 2020

Exploring the Aztec feast of Kecholli

The feast of Kecholli is named for the roseate spoonbill, a bird with resplendent pink feathers that migrated south into Mexico during the…

Nov 30, 2020

Exploring the Aztec feast of Kecholli

Nov 30, 2020

Exploring the Aztec feast of Tepeilwitl

The twelfth month of the traditional Mexika calendar system is known as Tepeilwitl, “the Feast of the Mountains.” It is believed that the…

Oct 28, 2020

Exploring the Aztec feast of Tepeilwitl

Oct 28, 2020

Kurly Tlapoyawa

Kurly Tlapoyawa

(Chicano/Nawa/Mazewalli) Archaeologist, filmmaker, and founder of the Chimalli institute of Mesoamerican Arts. Co-host of the Tales From Aztlantis podcast.

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