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Subjective Pronouns in Nawat ipal Kuskatan (Nawat from El Salvador)

English Nawat I Naja Ni-X You Taja Ti-X He/Him/Her Yaja (-)X Us Tejemet Ti-X-(pl) You All Anmejemet An-X-(pl) They Yejemet (-)X-(pl) You can plug in any intransitive verb or noun for X, and you can construct a sentence. For instance, Siwat, which means woman. Naja nisiwat, is I am a woman. Tejemet tisiwamet, is we […]

Numbers in Nawat

Arabic Numeral Nawat 1 Se 2 Ume 3 Yei 4 Nawi 5 Makwil 6 Chikwasen 7 Chikume 8 Chikwey 9 Chiknawi 10 Majtakti 11 Majtakti se 12 Majtakti ume 13 Majtakti yei 14 Majtakti nawi 15 Kashtul 16 Kashtul se 17 Kashtul ume 18 Kashtul yei 19 Kashtul nawi 20 Se Pual 25 Se Pual […]

Protect Your Spirit: Native Resistance to Settler Violence [Webinar]

Apr 15, 2021 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time Registration Link Native peoples have lived in the Western Hemisphere since time immemorial. Since then, Indigenous communities throughout the American continent have been custodians of the land, air, and waterways in which they live. Native peoples have rich diversity and achievements in what Western Culture would conceive […]

American Indian and Indigenous Community Center – Virtual Lunch Series – Spring 2021

Dr. Kendra Taira Field Tufts University Stories We Tell: Family Histories and Silences in Slavery, Freedom, and Indian Country February 16, 2021 at 3:30 PM EST Registration Link This talk is about stories and silences. The talk will begin with the Field’s ancestors’ migratory lives in slavery, freedom, and the black and black Indian towns […]

Ahuacamolli

Ahuacamolli, often hispanized or anglicized as GUACAMOLE is one of the best things on the planet. The word is Nahuatl for “eating avocado with peppers,” or really, “a sauce made with or from avocado.” Ingredients 2 large Ripe Avocados, or four small ripe avocados 1 Lime Salt 1 Bunch of Cilantro 1 tomato Jalapeno Step […]