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Jan 22

Here’s an interior of the previous portfolio I posted about earlier. The lithos are just stunning 🥰📚

“Estampas del Popol Vuh.” (1943) - We recently acquired a full portfolio of Carlos Merida’s prints of the Popol Vuh. Merida was one of the first Kiche Guatemalan artists to try to bridge the gap between indigeneity and the avant garde in 20c Latin America.

The Popol Vuj, considered a sacred text to the K’iche people is often attributed to Friar Francisco Ximénez, who did the transcription and translation which is stewarded at the Newberry. This early eighteenth-century transcription and translation of the Popol Wuj, again, is a sacred book narrating K’iche’ history, oral stories and traditions from the pre-invasion through the mid-16th century–believed to be the oldest surviving copy of the narrative.

The name "Popol Vuh" translates as "Book of the Community", "Book of Counsel", or more literally as "Book of the People".

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Jan 21

RP from @writersofcolour “Nothing in my view is more reprehensible than those habits of mind in the intellectual that induce avoidance, that characteristic turning away from a difficult and principled position, which you know to be the right one, but which you decide not to take.”

—Edward Said

1. Ceasefire
2. Lift the Seige
3. End the Occupation
4. Free Palestine
5. The Hague

Now go to @gaza.funds and donate to a spotlight fund https://gazafunds.com/

LINK ALSO IN BIO

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Jan 21

You’ll have to wait until later to see these beauties, but excited to share them with a class later today 📚

“Estampas del Popol Vuh.” (1943) - We recently acquired a full portfolio of Carlos Merida’s prints of the Popol Vuh. Merida was one of the first Kiche Guatemalan artists to try to bridge the gap between indigeneity and the avant garde in 20c Latin America.

The Popol Vuj, considered a sacred text to the K’iche people is often attributed to Friar Francisco Ximénez, who did the transcription and translation which is stewarded at the Newberry. This early eighteenth-century transcription and translation of the Popol Wuj, again, is a sacred book narrating K’iche’ history, oral stories and traditions from the pre-invasion through the mid-16th century–believed to be the oldest surviving copy of the narrative.

The name "Popol Vuh" translates as "Book of the Community", "Book of Counsel", or more literally as "Book of the People".

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Jan 20

Book reading recommendation. It’s a quick and short read, but very good. And colleague/friend wrote the forward.

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Jan 20

from nywarcrimes’s Al-Aqsa Flood 1-year edition

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Jan 19

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Jan 18

Nani Nā Pua Koʻolau, translated as “The Flower of Ko’olau” or “Beautiful Are the Flowers of Ko’olau” is a song composed by Queen Lili’uokalani.

Written in 1860, this was one of Liliʻuokalani’s first published works or probably the first; it was published in 1869 both in Hawaiian and English, one of her first works to appear in print. It was signed L.K. (Lydia Kamaka’eha) Pākī, the name she used until her marriage in 1862 to John Owen Dominis. The English translation is by Liliʻuokalani herself.

This song demonstrates her poetic skills in which romantic love, love of nature and love of the land are happily entwined. This setting was written for the popular Pacific Rim Choral Festival which takes place in Hawaii each summer.

[Nani na pua. The flower of Koolau. / Composed by Princess Liliuokalani. Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917. 18–. Call number: broadside Ayer 1753 .M9 L72 18–]

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Jan 18

January 17th marks the anniversary of U.S. imperialist intervention: the 1893 illegal arrest and overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani of the independent kingdom of Hawaii.

Queen Liliuokalani, the last sovereign monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Born in 1838 into the royal family, Liliuokalani was a prolific singer, musician, and composer, writing countless songs in both Hawalian and English. Lili’u ascended the throne in 1891.

In 1893, a group of American businessmen and politicians (backed by the force of the US Marines—Queen Liliuokalani was arrested at gunpoint by U.S. Marines) illegally overthrew the Hawalian monarchy and placed Queen Lili’uokalani under house arrest. These violent actions were met with tremendous resistance from the Queen and other Native Hawalians. Lili’u wrote letters to Congress, and in 1897, thousands of Native Hawaiians signed the Ku’e petition protesting the illegal annexation. Despite this overwhelming resistance, the US illegally annexed Hawaii in 1898 without due constitutional process.

Imprisoned in the wake of a rebellion triggered by the coup, Liliuokalani spent her time composing an autobiography, “Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen,” in which she detailed her childhood, rise to power, overthrow, and subsequent trial, arrest, and imprisonment. Here she appears on the frontispiece of the book.

Today, Queen Liliuokalani is remembered affectionately as “Hawai’i’s Queen.” As the fight for Hawalian sovereignty continues, Native Hawaiians everywhere remember Queen Lili’uokalani’s grace and love for her people and land.

The Queen’s motto, “E ‘onipa’a...i ka ‘imi na’auao” (Be steadfast in the seeking of knowledge).

[From Hawaii Story. Liliuokalani. Boston. Lee and Shepard Publishers. 1899. Ayer 1655 .L72 1899] #hawaii #hawaiian #photographs #autobiography

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Jan 15

Very few items make me emotional like this one on maguey paper in Nahuatl 📚🥹💚 and not only because of what it’s made from but much more than just the substrate. Much deeper than what any academic can ever write about it nor understand. My friend says “after centuries, we are still helping ‘them’ to understand our worlds.”

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Jan 15

Good reminder from @abboudhamayel 📚💚

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Jan 13

United Native Americans, Mount Rushmore Occupation, June 6, 1971

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Jan 10

Nice visit from Edgar Calel (@calel_edgar), Maya-Kaqchikel visual artist and poet from Chi Xot, San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala 📚

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Jan 10

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Jan 10

Annual group visit from @unamchicago students 📚💚 some of the graphics from the Indigenous Chicago exhibit are still installed, so we took an group photo ✌🏽

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Jan 7

Short video today, I’ve been busy 🫣📚 enjoy and stay tuned for some treats on Thursday!

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Jan 7

The burning of archives, libraries and universities is a colonial tactic aimed to erase Indigenous heritage, culture, and history. Genocide is one side of the coin while epistemicide the other. Historically, both happened here in the Western hemisphere and in many ways continue, embedded within the structure of our settler society still seeking to erase and replace Indigenous peoples, cultures, and histories. Settler colonialism has inserted itself into North America for 532 years and its tentacles of imperialism stretch globally to Palestine.