Author: Juan Zapata
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Feature: On Leaving the United States: A Perspective
It’s now been seven months since I made the life-altering decision to leave the United States. Honestly, there are still some days where it hasn’t fully sunk in. I’m still processing the plethora of emotions. As someone who lived as an undocumented, then DACAmented immigrant in the U.S., this was not something I took lightly…
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Feature: How I Found 39 Native Ancestors in 6 Months – Genealogy Fundamentals
We will explore how I found my ties to the Guachichil tribe through my 7th great grandparents in a baptism record from 1720 of my 7th great aunt, Raphaela de los Angeles.
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Feature: The Racist Origin of “Mixed” Race in Central and South America
Many of my fellow Native Americans from south of the U.S. border suffer from an identity crisis when I reveal the truth of their race; many “Hispanics” and “Latinx” are Native American.
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Feature: El Origen Racista de la Raza “Mixta” en América Central y América del Sur
Muchos de mis compañeros Nativos Americanos del sur de la frontera de los Estados Unidos sufren una crisis de identidad cuando les revelo la verdad sobre su raza; muchos “Hispanos” y “Latinos” son Nativos Americanos.
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Feature: ¿Hispano o Latino? Intentemos Nativo Americano
Lea este artículo en inglés: Feature: Hispanic or Latino? Try Native American En la preparatoria, solía enfatizar que yo era en un 50% Azteca o pertenecía a uno de estos grupos mesoamericanos. Después de todo, mi madre me tuvo en México, y me veía bastante nativo con mi piel morena y con mi cabello grueso…
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Feature: Hispanic or Latino? Try Native American
Read this article in Spanish: Feature: ¿Hispano o Latino? Intentemos Nativo Americano In high school, I remarked that I must be over 50% Aztec or some other indigenous group. After all, my mother gave birth to me in Mexico, and I looked quite native with my deeply tan skin and thick, black hair. My acquaintances…