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It’s time for a Native American superhero! Meet REZ WUFF (video)
Representation matters, and Native Americans need their own superhero too. According to The 1491s, it might go something like this ….
Mas…It’s time for a Native American superhero! Meet REZ WUFF (video)
In San Pablito, Puebla, they still make paper the old-fashioned way – from bark (video)
In San Pablito, a small village in Puebla, in southeast Mexico, the centuries-old tradition of amate paper — paper made from bark — is an important part of the local economy. It also used to part of the resistance to Spanish colonial rule.
Mas…In San Pablito, Puebla, they still make paper the old-fashioned way – from bark (video)
La Cucaracha: In Tenochtitlan, Chepe y Pepe meet the neighbors
PREVIOUSLY IN ANCIENT TENOCHTITLAN:
Mas…La Cucaracha: In Tenochtitlan, Chepe y Pepe meet the neighbors
T-day makeup that doesn’t mock N8Vs? Yes, please! (NSFW video)
Yes, you can do Thanksgiving makeup without ripping off the 566 Federally-recognized American Indian tribes. Sailor J and the Center for American Indian Research & Native Studies explain in this NSFW (F-bomb) video.
Amazing Space-Age Trailer: Close Encounters of the Latino Kind (video)
A mountain of mashed potatoes, strange lights in the sky, and a mysterious five-note musical phrase mean life on Earth will never be the same after Close Encounters of the Latino Kind. [Video by Marlon Klug.]
Mexico’s waltz gift to the world: ‘Over the Waves’ (videos)
Even if you didn’t know that the proper name for this waltz is Sobre las Olas — Over the Waves en Ingles — we bet you recognize the melody. Right? It’s the song they play on merry-go-rounds! And it’s not by Johann Strauss, the waltz king. It’s by Mexican classical composer Juventino Rosas, and performed here by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Mas…Mexico’s waltz gift to the world: ‘Over the Waves’ (videos)
Chocolatl’s history is not so sweet (TedEd animated video)
Before the 16th Century, chocolatl only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. How did we get from there to today’s chocolate candy bars? Deanna Pucciarelli traces the fascinating and often cruel history of chocolate.
Tonia Jo Hall shout out to Natives: ‘She’s that kind of woman’ (video)
Tonia Jo Hall has some words of encouragement in She’s that kind of woman. “Shout out to all the beautiful strong native women,” she writes:
Mas…Tonia Jo Hall shout out to Natives: ‘She’s that kind of woman’ (video)
The few, the brave, the greedy: THE CORPORINES! (PSA)
Are you brave enough? Strong enough? Willing to fight to protect the profits of the rich and powerful? Consider signing up with newest branch of the service: THE CORPORINES! Active combat deployments available now in Standing Rock, North Dakota.
San Diego y TJ band PRAYERS represent for ‘Mexica’ (NSFW music video)
Striking footage shot at San Diego’s Chicano Park sets the stage in the dramatic new music video Mexica, so that alt-goth-punk-Chicano-rap duo PRAYERS can decolonize your mind with music. [NSFW F-bombs, etc.]
