Native Faces

If you are Mexican, Central American, or South American there is a "LIKLEY CHANCE" that you are Native American but yet you call yourself "hispanic" "latino" "Spanish" which are all European terms. DECOLONIZE!! 1. Native identity, image and stereotype 2. Hyper diffusion vs independent invention 3. Race, racism, and ethnocentrism 4. Pseudohistory, and conspiracy theory  feel free to ask any questions, but just a reminder this is a solo blog, meaning this blog is run by one person. it isnt run by several mods like other blogs so it might take some time before i answer your question. since i could only do so much.

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really confused about Rooney Mara being casted as tiger lily for the new Peter Pan movie???????????

[nativefaces]

This is how it all starts with the identity theft of Natives; they start in the fantasy movies then move to our stories and history. Don't let the white skinned, blonde hair, blue eyes (OBVIOUSLY WHITE) wannabe Natives trick you into letting them steal native identity.

 (Read the comments in this article!)  

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/11/26/rooney-maras-tiger-lily-could-not-be-less-native-thats-problem-158028

Very revealing how they will move in, they use the half Native, half white Natives to cause the division and distract us from the self determination we need ASAP. 

[nativefaces]

"A lot of Spanish speaking indigenous people of Mexico always tend to say to me, "I see you writing & speaking Nahuatl. I wish I spoke, Nahuatl, too!" But what they don’t know is that MOST of us, more so us that were raised in pueblos, ejidos, little villages, we already speak Nahuatl, at least a large list of words we use daily are actually Nahuatl words.  What happened is that when the Spaniards forced our ancestors to speak Spanish (or Castellano/Castilian), and prohibited us from speaking Zapotec, Mixtli, Nahuatl, Maya, etc., our people had no choice, as captives, but to speak Spanish, but in secret they still spoke their indigenous tongue among each other. Our ancestors believed that it was very important to speak our tongue (regardless what tongue it is, as long as it’s indigenous to you) and that is why they continued speaking it, even if with time it watered down some, the fact remains that our ancestors passed it on. A lot of us that were born, and raised in, or by parents raised in villages, pueblitos, ejidos, we are speaking Nahuatl meanwhile we speak Spanish.  Don’t believe me? I’m going to write down a few words for you in Nahuatl, and you’ll be shocked as to how you thought you were speaking Spanish, but in reality you were speaking Nahuatl: Spanish/Nahuatl: Aguacate - Ahuacatl Camote - Camotli Chayote - Chayotli Chapopote - Chapopotli Chipotli - Xipotli Coyote - Coyotl Atole - Atolli Cacahuate - Tlacucahuatl  Elote -Elotl Huarache - Kwarachi Jicama - Xicamatl Mescal - Mexcalli Guajolote - Wuehxolotl Comal - Comalli Chiquito - Tzitz Quit (pronounced Chiqui) Mecate - Mecatl Popote - Popotl Pozole - Potzolli Papalote - Papalotl Mole - Molli Milpa - Milpa Mezquite - Mizquitl Jitomate - Xictomatl Chocolate - Xocolatl These are just a few that we use on a daily basis, but most of what we say is really Nahuatl, at times Zapotec, Mixtli, and other Native tongues, and that’s why when you go to Spain, or even attend a school in Mexico, you might even fail a Spanish class because, We speak Nahuatl mixed with some Spanish, and we owe all thanks to our ancestors that were so dedicated in passing down our tongue.  I hope that empowered you, and gave you pride as well!” - credit to (Ricardo Ignacio) 

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every Mexican on tumblr better reblog this.

[nativefaces]

Here are more "Spanish words" of Nahuatl origin. (Check out the link)

http://www.mexica.net/nahuatl/nahuawds.php

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Spanish_words_of_Nahuatl_origin

[nativefaces]

For the people who don't know the difference....

[mexandthecity]

ERIKA:

Amazing Aztec calendar!

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Washington Met with Protest by Indigenous Peoples in Santa Clara today Sunday, November 23rd: http://t.co/mmWbGJlqAD

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Mask

Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Olmec, 1000-600 B.C.

Jewelry and Adornments; masks

Jadeite with traces of cinnabar

Height: 4 in. (10.16 cm)

LACMA

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Yoaltepoztli, “El Hacha Nocturna” “The Night Axe”

From the Florentine Codex. An aspect of Tezcatlipoca who appears to people in the nights. People will first hear the sound as if someone is chopping wood in the distance, but it is not a woodcutter, it is Yoaltepoztli. His open chest exposing his insides open and close like a large mouth in his abdomen. Each time the gaping maws open and close a sucking sound is heard. One may become freightened upon seeing him and run away, But those brave enough to confront this God at night, can be rewarded with a wish and be given great riches or great misery. Such is Tezcatlipoca, who as the Night Axe scares those who come upon him in the dark hours, some say to make fun of and make sport of humans. 

From the Florentine Codex. Sorry my scanner is not working so I could only use my cell camera

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A view of the north chamber of the Huitzilapa shaft tomb in Jalisco complete with funerary goods and human remains. Teuchitlan culture. Dated to 100 BCE.

[nativefaces]

Since you have access to the internet, maybe you should look up what "rhetorical" means before you try to teach other people. Might save you some embarrassment.

Or maybe you should spend less time being distracted by a common misuse of a word and more time trying to understand what’s being conveyed? Just a thought.

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November 20th 1969: Occupation of Alcatraz begins On this day in 1969, the occupation of Alcatraz in San Francisco by the Indians of All Tribes movement began. The occupation lasted for nineteen months, ending on June 11th 1971. Inspired by wider civil rights efforts in the 1960s, the Red Power movement advocated the cause of American Indians. Activists argued that Alcatraz island, site of a disused penitentiary, belonged to indigenous Americans by an 1868 treaty between the US government and Sioux. A small group first occupied the island, for only four hours, on March 8th 1964; they offered to pay the government the same as was offered the Sioux - just under $10 for the whole island. However, the long-term occupation did not begin until November 20th 1969 when fourteen activists (79 tried to get to the island but were blocked by the Coast Guard) took the island. They intended to reclaim the island and establish Native American museums and research centres. Supporters brought food and supplies to the occupiers and some joined the group, with 400 protestors at the occupation’s height. Public support for the occupation eventually dwindled and protestors began to leave, allowing the government to come in and remove the remaining fifteen protestors. While immediately unsuccessful, the occupation of Alcatraz helped draw international attention to the situation of American Indians and promoted the rise of indigenous activism. Between 1970 and 1971, the Nixon administration increased funding for Indian health care and scholarships. The occupation of Alcatraz is commemorated today with the island’s ‘Unthanksgiving Day’ which celebrates the rights of indigenous Americans.

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[decolonizingmedia]

"This photo from the 1870s shows a man proudly standing in front of a mountain of tens of thousands of bison skulls - an iconic American species that was systematically slaughtered by the millions as European Americans colonized the west.

The US Army actively endorsed the wholesale slaughter of these animals for two main reasons: to remove any competition with cattle, and to starve Native American tribes who greatly depended on the bison for food. Without the bison, the resisting tribes of the Great Plains would either be forced to leave or die of starvation.”

[nativefaces]

One major Native American contribution to the American economy, especially in the Northeast, is maple syrup and sugar. Native Americans of the Northeast tapped maple trees each spring. Collecting the sap in birch-bark buckets and boiling it into syrup. Colonists, who learned to tap trees by observing natives, quickly incorporated the sweetener into their diet. And now it is a staple of the U.S. and Canadian economies.

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Offerings found at the end of the 103m tunnel below the Temple of the Feather Serpent at Teotihuacan. At the end of this tunnel are three chambers that archaeologists believe may hold the remains of some of Teotihuacan’s rulers.

Items found include four stone sculptures (one male, three female)  decorated in jade and greenstone jewelry, dozens of shells from the Gulf coast, rubber balls, large cat bones, pyrite discs, a wooden box containing dozens of worked shells, more than 15,000 seeds of prickly bear, tomato, maize, and pumpkin flowers, pieces of amber, 4000 wooden objects in excellent condition, obsidian knives, slate and pyrite mirrors carved on one side, and traces of skin.

[nativefaces]

What blood quantum constitutes very little Native ancestry? At what point should mixed race people give up their Native ancestry?

This is a rhetorical question, meaning it has no right or wrong answer. Many people have different opinions when it comes to who can and cannot be considered native just by ones blood quantum, some say it's more then just blood quantum but by ones culture. My opinion on who can consider themselves native just by their blood quantum may be different from someone else's. So like I said there is no right or wrong answer to this.

[nativefaces]

Inuits part of our race or?

yes

[nativefaces]

[nativefaces]

One Race, One People.