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Feb 7, 2021

The Vocabulary of Conquest

Ometeotl, Hunab Ku, and the battle for Indigenous souls

The Vocabulary of Conquest

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Nov 10, 2025

A dispatch from the desert

A dispatch from the desert

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Oct 23, 2025

Columbus, Criticism, and the Klan

The Mad Logic of Calling Anti-Columbus Protesters the New Klan

Columbus, Criticism, and the Klan

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Oct 11, 2025

Trump and The Cult of Christopher Columbus

It was October 9th in Washington, DC, and the orange-tinted manchild sat hunched in the Oval Office, surrounded by the usual clown show of…

Trump and The Cult of Christopher Columbus

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Oct 3, 2024

An Aztec False Flag

Back in the day when I was a young man living in Mexico City, I purchased a paperback book on the Zocalo that would have a huge influence…

An Aztec False Flag

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Jun 17, 2022

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…

Night of The Comet (Burning Paradise Film Reviews)

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Feb 15, 2021

An Immaculate Deception

The colonialist roots of La Virgen de Guadalupe

An Immaculate Deception

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Jan 28, 2021

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…

Café con Nawatl: A photograph of an actual Macuahuitl

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Jan 9, 2021

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…

Café con Nawatl: Jicaras and drunken Bunnies

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Jan 3, 2021

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…

Café con Nawatl: The Metate

Kurly Tlapoyawa

Kurly Tlapoyawa

(Chicano/Nawa/Mazewalli) Indigenous Chicano of Nawa descent. Archaeologist, filmmaker, and Co-host of the Tales From Aztlantis podcast.

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