Aztlanahuac: Mesoamerica in North America

Symposium-Tentative Schedule

Thursday, May 13th-Saturday, May 15th at UCLA

The UCLA César E. Chávez Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana
and Chicano Studies
& The UCLA Chicano Studies Center

In conjunction with the UCLA Young Research Library:
Aztlanahuac: Mesoamerica in North America Map Exhibit
 

Present:

Aztlanahuac: Mesoamerica in North America Symposium UCLA May 13-14-15

Thursday, May 13, 2004-1:30 pm Ceremony
Front of Young Research Library
The children of Semillas del Pueblo

Cesar Chavez Center
7th Floor Bunche Hall Conf. Room
Thursday 2-4 pm
The 1847 Disturnell map & Oral Tradition
Moderated by Roberto Rodriguez

Frank Gutierrez
East L.A. College
"Antigua Residencia de los Aztecas"

Maestra Cobb DQ University
Nahuatl-Hopi connection

Cynthia Gonzalez – UCLA Student

Andy Ramirez Huistek UCLA Student

comida/celebration 4-5pm
Cesar Chavez Center
by L.A. Indigenous Peoples' Alliance

Friday, May 15, 2004
1222 Public Policy
1:15 pm video
Going Back to Where We Came From

2PM- 2:45 Testimonios & Family Oral Traditions
Moderator – Jo Anna Mixpe Ley
7 students
Daniela Conde, Octavio Barajas, Rosario Luis

2:50 PM: 3:50 PM MECHA PANEL
Moderator - Liz Alamillo, chair of MEChA
Discussion of nationwide and campus attacks on legitimacy of MEChA, including topic of Aztlan

4PM- 5:15PM ABOUT THE EXHIBIT-Codices/Cronicas, Historical & ancient Cartography
Moderator Irene Vasquez - ELAC
Prof. Antonio Rios Bustamante
Dept. of Ethnic/Gender Studies CSU Stanislaus
Norma Corral – YRL Librarian

5:30 PM-Guided Tour-Maps, Chronicles/Codices

6-7pm-Reception
UCLA Chicano Studies Library
7pm-Welcome
Reynaldo Macias, director of the Cesar Chavez Center, Patrisia Gonzales & Roberto Rodriguez, syndicated columnists, 2003 Cesar Chavez Distinguished Community Scholars

7:30 PM-Keynote
Jack Forbes UC Davis. Cofounder of Movimiento Nativo Americano and author of Aztecas del Norte

Saturday, May 15, 2004
1246 Public Policy
8am-Registration

9-9:30-Opening Remarks
Welcome:
Keynote- Yolanda Broyles Gonzalez, UCSB

9:30-1030-Panel 1  Treaty of Guadalupe & The 1847 Disturnell Map
 Moderator – Paulina Sahagun
David Castro, 1981 Symposium re Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Discussion of Map & 1981 symposium
Fermin Herrera. Nahuatl Instructor CSUN, Origins/migrations
Armando Solorzano, University of Utah, Utah, maps & Aztec Country

10:45- noon-Panel 2 North-South Connections
Moderated by Inez Hernandez
Cecilio Orozco CSU Fresno (retired), The Book of the Sun, Discussion of Nahui Atl - 4 Rivers in Utah
Martha Ramirez - Universidad Nahuatl

Noon-1pm-Lunch

12:30-1pm-Guided Tour-Maps, Chronicles/Codices

1:15 2:45-Panel 3 Sacred Geography
Moderator -- Patrisia Gonzales
Juan Gomez Quinonez, UCLA
Yolanda Broyles Gonzalez, UCSB (Re Andres Segura)
Petuuche Gilbert, Acoma Pueblo In Search Of Our Relatives. (Acoma and pueblo connections with the south)

3pm-4:15 Panel 4  Toward an indigenous curriculum
Moderator Prof. Maylei Blackwell, UCLA
Sara Mendoza (L.A. Indigenous Peoples' Alliance)
Marcos Aguilar (Semillas del Pueblo, L.A.)
El Joven Noble
Lorena Montoya (Escuela Popular, San Jose CA)

4:30-5:30-Closing
Interpretation Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz. Author, Roots of Resistance
Discussion Led by Rudy Acuna

8PM-11PM-In Kuikatl in Xochitl-Celebration at Tia Chuchas-Poesia, Teatro y Musica

    *El Vuh, Maestra Martha Ramirez, screening of Documentary...
 

* The map exhibit is up until June 30, 2004

* For more info re the symposium and exhibit, contact the Chavez Center at
310-206-7695 or go to: http://www.chavez.ucla.edu/Aztlanahuac/index.htm