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Aztlán in the Midwest and Other AZTLÁN IN THE MIDWEST
Counter-Narrative RevealedAZTLÁN IN THE MIDWEST AND OTHER COUNTER-NARRATIVES REVEALEDNARRATIVES REVEALED
Sandra M GonzalesSandra M. GonzalesEastern Michigan University
Hampshire 1990
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Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico
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Photo taken by Sandra M. Gonzales
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Photo taken by Sandra M. Gonzales
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Good News/Bad NewsGood News/Bad News
Good News: Many native people claim thatGood News: Many native people claim that there is a connection between the Midwest and Mesoamerica which can beMidwest and Mesoamerica, which can be demonstrated through oral history/stories
B d N N t t d b tBad News: Not accepted by most archeologists/anthropologist as valid d tdata.
Regardless of Proof: the mounds matter but why?
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St i A I t t!• Stories Are Important!
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1068 Mounds in Michigan, almost all destroyed (Hinsdale 1931)
Michigan Map hand plotted by Sandra M. Gonzales
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Cahokia MoundCahokia Mound
Monks Mound photo taken by Sandra M. Gonzales
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Mound at AztalanMound at Aztalan
Mound at Aztalan photo taken by Sandra M. Gonzales
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www.greatserpentmound.com
Richard A. Cooke/Corbis
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• http://wwwfp.mccneb.edu/maya/purpose.htmhttp://wwwfp.mccneb.edu/maya/purpose.htm
• This project will begin with a comparative study of the ancient Mayan • This project will begin with a comparative study of the ancient Mayan
Civilization of the Yucatan and Central America and Nebraska's Winnebago
or Ho-chunk people who lived in the states of Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa,
and Wisconsin. Little information is available to share this knowledge of
U.S. Native American heritage and the roots of Midwestern Native
American people who appear to be descendents of the ancient Mayan
civilization.
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Who Were the Mysterious Yuchi?Who Were the Mysterious Yuchi?
• Satellite Culture of the Mayans
• Mound-builders• Island-hopped through
Caribbean to Florida, settling in Tennessee,settling in Tennessee, Kentucky & Illinois
• Multilingual• Highly Mobile• Used boatswww.yuchi.org
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Pre-Columbian Peoples Moved Back d F th A th A iand Forth Across the Americas
Mound Dispersement plotted by Sandra M. Gonzales Religious Dispersement, Waldman & Braun
Migrant Stream Map, www.pbs.org
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Implications for Chicano Studies in MidwestImplications for Chicano Studies in Midwest
• Challenge to meta-narrative suggesting double g gg gimmigrant status, first to country then to region.
• Current migratory movements have followed li lsame cyclical patterns as our ancestors – we are
not new to region, we are returning home.• Establishes that Chicano and Native American• Establishes that Chicano and Native American
history in the region is deeply intertwined.• Signals a return to the stories of our elders to S g a s a etu to t e sto es o ou e de s to
find the history we can’t find in books, need to re-connect with alternative epistemologies