Native American Students Push San Diego State to Retire Controversial Aztec Mascot

Native American Students Push San Diego State to Retire Controversial Aztec Mascot

NewsTaco April 18, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because, as SDSU professor Ozzie Monge says, “the use of indigenous groups as mascot[s] . . . make[s] students and faculty “accidental racists” in “redface.” […]

Bien Hecho: Rigoberta Menchú To Run For Guatemalan President

Mary Mata September 6, 2011

Nobel Peace Prize winner and longtime Guatemalan activist Rigoberta Menchú has announced that she plans to seek her country’s presidency this month. This would be the second time she seeks […]

US Census to Tally Indiginous People from Mexico and S. America

NewsTaco November 18, 2010

This will put a new twist on the old immigration debate. For the first time ever the decennial census will count the number of native people in the US that […]