Mexica Movement Statement of Purpose
Since 1519 when the first Europeans invaded our Anahuac
lands (Mexico, "Central America", and "the U.S. Southwest"),
we have seen the destruction of our cities, the executions
of our leaders, the genocide of 23 million of our people
(95% of our population killed), the theft of our lands,
the theft of our wealth, the theft of our labor, and, most
importantly, the theft of our true Anahuac identity, history,
and heritage.
Most of our people and the rest of the world do not know
that before the Europeans invaded, we people of Anahuac
had already built three cities larger than Europe's largest
city. We had thousands of towns, developed sciences, philosophies,
and the civilized arts –– all begun long before 1800 B.C.
Our beginnings as a civilized people began before Rome
or Athens were even started. We had created and developed
magnificence in art and architecture. We had made discoveries
in science, mathematics, engineering, astronomy, and medicine.
We were the first people in the history of humanity to
have mandatory education for males and females, of all
classes. We had developed universities (in many ways superior
to those of Europe) and libraries, the world's most accurate
calendar, and one of the great theologies and bodies of
literature of the world. We had created our own world
of brilliant accomplishments and genius.
All of this greatness of our people came to a sudden
end with the European invasions of our lands. All of this
great past history has been kept silent to protect the
guilty –– the Europeans and their European Settler descendants
who destroyed it. We have been intentionally kept ignorant
of all of our accomplishments and all of the European
crimes for almost 500 years.
This destruction of our history of 4,000 years of civilization,
along with the cultural castration and the racial rape
of our population, has left our people hopelessly chained
to the interests of Europeans. We find ourselves captive
to an endless self-perpetuating cycle of problems that
include an abundance of poverty, poor education, low self-esteem,
crime, gangs, dropouts, lack of Indigenous representation,
and an inferiority complex of the worst kind: the self-hate
of an entire people.
This tragedy of the imposed ignorance of our people serves
American society with an unproud, passive people who serve
seemingly happily as maids, busboys, gardeners, farmworkers,
fast-food service workers and other poverty-equivalent
and slave-equivalent jobs. We suffer this poverty despite
the fact that we are the wealthy true owners of all the
land we walk upon (half of our land is now called U.S.
land and the other half is controlled by descendants of
Spaniards - Criollos. We are today called foreigners in
our own land. We are forced to rent or buy our own land
from the invaders who stole it from us, forced to work
for them to survive –– forced to surrender up the wealth
of our labor and our land.
In this ignorance we have no real control of our land
or the wealth that is made from our land, and no control
over the power that comes from our land and our wealth.
When you have no control or no possibility of ever having
control over the land, wealth, or power in your life:
you are in fact a slave. It is perhaps a modern, kinder,
gentler, form of slavery, one without physical chains.
But it is slavery, never the less. And it is an addictive
form of slavery which we have become too comfortable with,
and are too unwilling to ever leave.
It is criminal to continue this de facto enforced ignorance
of our people. We cannot continue to endure this programmed
self-hate much longer. This enforced ignorance is an uncivilized
act. It must end. This 500 year history of injustices
and ignorance has to stop.
We believe that the best and most expeditiously fair
solution, to this problem of ignorance and modern enslavement,
is to provide the knowledge of our history, our identity
and our true heritage in context of ourselves as Nican
Tlaca (Indigenous people), as the original inhabitant
true owners of this land. This knowledge must go out to
the people of Mexican, "Central American", and "Southwest
Native American" descent and to "America" and the rest
of the world.
The Mexica Movement is working to get the media and the
education system to tell our proud Anahuac history. This
knowledge will give us a true sense of pride and will
bring us the wealth, progress and justice that is rightfully
ours.
Knowledge of our people's accomplishments will change
how we and others see us. With the knowledge of our people's
great accomplishments will come the great role models
that we have been missing. We will hold our heads and
hearts proudly. We will happily know who we really are.
We will take pride in being Nican Tlaca, the Anahuac Nation,
Mexica people that we are, heirs to one of the great civilizations
of the world. We will clearly see how we can be a people
of genius and courage, once again.
Knowledge, vision, courage, and perseverance will change
our people into an authentically proud people, and a revived
creative world force. We will be unburdened of this ignorance
that dominates our lives, that enslaves us to European
Settler interests.
The telling of these histories, as a way to teach our
people love of Anahuac (and more specifically Mexica)
knowledge, is the main purpose of our Mexica Movement.
To that goal we have dedicated our lives and our work.
We hope to inspire others to join us in our many efforts
and accomplishments.
We invite you all to the great Mexica future that is
waiting for us. We are building it today. We are teaching
our people our history ––– and teaching them to plan,
work, and dream for the Mexica future of our people. Be
part of this journey, this work, this struggle. Let us
make history together. Our future is waiting for us. We
are waiting for you. Find your courage and join us!
