When it comes to Mesoamerican history and culture there are many secondary sources on the topic. The problem with secondary sources is that there exists much misinformation regarding Mesoamerica that […]
Malinche is hands down the most hated woman in Mexican history to the point that there is an adjective widely used today, Malinchista, which can be translated to a traitor […]
IntroductionIn this post I will discuss the most important products in Tenochtitlan at the time of the Spanish Conquest. To determine this list I utilized the Codex Mendoza. After the […]
Recently, I’ve noticed many people learning about and taking great pride in their Chichimeca heritage. Chichimeca is a great identity that people can use to reclaim their Indigenous heritage because […]
There is a growing movement among Indigenous cultural practitioners that advocates for the adoption of a vegan diet (or plant-based diet). Often times, the claim is made that our Indigenous […]
For most people who take a DNA test and find out they have Native American ancestry, the next question tends to be: how do I find my Native American tribal […]
When it comes to constellations in the Azteca/Mexica culture there is not much information left for us. This is unfortunate because it is clear our ancestors tracked many celestial objects […]
Often times, the focus on mythology makes it difficult to see the mathematical and scientific significance of the winter solstice because it leads to the assumption that there is only […]
The Codex Borgia has been long recognized as one of the most important codices written before the Spanish Conquest that survived Spanish flames. Most of the content of the Borgia […]
*Here is an image (codex Borgia, page 44) that represents the story of how the first flowers came to be. In the image, Xochiquetzal ( as identified by her […]