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The Vocabulary of Conquest

Ometeotl, Hunab Ku, and the battle for Indigenous souls

8 min readFeb 7, 2021

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The Vocabulary of Conquest

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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…

3 min readJun 17, 2022

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Night of The Comet (Burning Paradise Film Reviews)

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An Immaculate Deception

The colonialist roots of La Virgen de Guadalupe

19 min readFeb 15, 2021

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An Immaculate Deception

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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…

3 min readJan 28, 2021

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Café con Nawatl: A photograph of an actual Macuahuitl

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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…

3 min readJan 9, 2021

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Café con Nawatl: Jicaras and drunken Bunnies

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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…

3 min readJan 3, 2021

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The Virgin of Tepeyak

A brief history of la Virgen de Guadalupe

19 min readDec 5, 2020

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The Virgin of Tepeyak

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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…

3 min readNov 30, 2020

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Exploring the Aztec feast of Kecholli

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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…

7 min readOct 28, 2020

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Exploring the Aztec feast of Tepeilwitl

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Exploring the Aztec feast of Tlaxochimako / Mikailiwitl

Tlaxochimako (offering of flowers) is the 8th month of the Mexikah calendar system. It was also known as “Mikailwitl” or “Mikailwitontli”…

8 min readAug 14, 2020

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Exploring the Aztec feast of Tlaxochimako / Mikailiwitl

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Kurly Tlapoyawa

Kurly Tlapoyawa

(Chicano/Nawa/Mazewalli) Archaeologist, filmmaker, and founder of the Chimalli institute of Mesoamerican Arts. Professor of C/S at Colegio Chicano del Pueblo.

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