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August 17, 2015
Mexica Tiahui

Mexica Tiahui – What does it mean?

Mexica Tiahui! I’ve always known the spirited sentiment to mean “Mexican (Indigenous) Moving/Go Forward!” It is used as a positive exclamation mostly by Chicanah (Chican@) people in the United States who are using “Mexica” as an identity point in reclaiming their Indigenous self. From my Nahuatl dictionary research, Tiahui is a form of the the...
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