Preserving and promoting the cultures, traditions, ceremonies, and languages of Native Americans indigenous to Texas and Northeastern Mexico.

Lecture Series

HISPANICS’ INDIGENOUS IDENTITY
Lecture Series and Genealogy Workshop
Indigenous Cultures Institute and the City of San Marcos Public Library will present three lectures on the complex evolution of the Hispanic identity – social and historical factors that influenced Hispanics/Latinos to reject their Native American heritage and embrace the Spanish-European identity. At the third lecture, genealogist Xoxi Nayapiltzin will present non-traditional methods used in tracing indigenous ancestry. The lectures are scheduled as follows:
SAN MARCOS PUBLIC LIBRARY
625 E. Hopkins Street   
San Marcos, Texas
June 26, 2010, 1:00-4:00 PM
Untold Truths by Dr. Mario Garza
July 31, 2010, 1:00-4:00 PM
We Have Survived by Dr. Mario Garza
August 28, 2010, 10:00 AM-12:00PM
We Will Remain by Dr. Mario Garza
August 28, 2010, 1:30-4:00 PM
Tracing Indigenous Ancestry: A Genealogy Workshop by Xoxi Nayapiltzin
In 2008, the City of Austin’s Mexican American Cultural Center, Indigenous Cultures Institute, and Great Promise nonprofit organizations sponsored a year-long lecture series culminating in a conference held in conjunction with the largest one-day powwow in the nation, the Austin Powwow.  From February through September 2008, the MACC hosted this lecture series to provide education and information about the original Native Americans indigenous to Texas and the Rio Grande Delta. On October 31, the first Native American conference was held at the MACC, a highly successful event. This program was made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

HISPANICS’ INDIGENOUS IDENTITY
Lecture Series and Genealogy Workshop

Indigenous Cultures Institute and the City of San Marcos Public Library present three lectures on the complex evolution of the Hispanic identity – social and historical factors that influenced Hispanics/Latinos to reject their Native American heritage and embrace the Spanish-European identity. At the third lecture, genealogist Xoxi Nayapiltzin presented methods used in tracing indigenous ancestry.

Several requests were made for the following information:

Contact information for genealogist Xoxi Nayapiltzin, PO BOX 3911, El Paso, TX 79923; (915) 562-6316, email through our CONTACT page form.

Location of Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos, 211 Lee Street, San Marcos, TX 78666.

The lectures and genealogy workshop were scheduled as follows:

SAN MARCOS PUBLIC LIBRARY
625 E. Hopkins Street
San Marcos, Texas

June 26, 2010, 1:00-4:00 PM
Untold Truths by Dr. Mario Garza

July 31, 2010, 1:00-4:00 PM
We Have Survived by Dr. Mario Garza

August 28, 2010, 10:00 AM-12:00PM
We Will Remain by Dr. Mario Garza

August 28, 2010, 1:30-4:00 PM
Tracing Indigenous Ancestry: A Genealogy Workshop by Xoxi Nayapiltzin

Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, article: Census: Masking Identities or Counting the Indigenous Among Us?

Ahora Si! article: Un mal conteo cuesta mucho

For Census 2010 information about indigenous ancestry:
Census sample document: Hispanics Can Now Honor Their Native Heritage — download PDF.

In 2008, the City of Austin’s Mexican American Cultural Center, Indigenous Cultures Institute, and Great Promise nonprofit organizations sponsored a year-long lecture series culminating in a conference held in conjunction with the largest one-day powwow in the nation, the Austin Powwow.  From February through September 2008, the MACC hosted this lecture series to provide education and information about the original Native Americans indigenous to Texas and the Rio Grande Delta. On October 31, the first Native American conference was held at the MACC, a highly successful event. This program was made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.