#ixchelcan

I reshare the story Gonzalo Guerrero for 1 main reason. ⭕ For Native descendents who feel it is "hopeless" to decolonize and reintegrate ourselves back to our ancestral cultures. Guerrero was able to become fully immersed in Mayan culture in just 8 years, and he was not even of Mayan descent. The main barrier to decolonization is you. You gotta want it. REPOST from @santosdelosangeles - The story of #GonzaloGuerrero blew my mind when I heard it... He was one of 2 survivors #shipwrecked off the #Mayan #Yucatan 7 years before #HernanCortes invaded #Mexico...during this time Gonzalo, became completely #acculturated in #Mayan society, married #ZazilHa known as #IxChelCan daughter of #NaChanCan ..together they became the parents of the first #mixedBlood #halfBreed #mestizo children... ...Gonzalo had the opportunity to return among the #Colonizers and participate in enslaving the #indigenous population, but he declined this and instead fought to defend his new family and died among the Maya in a battle against #PedroDeAlvarado ...#decolonize #descolonizate #Anahuac -

...here is a sculpture of #GonzaloGuerrero and #IxChelCan... yesterday I posted a crazy story about Gonzalo who was a #spanish #conquistador who became fully #acculturated in #Mayan society ...they refer to him as the "Father of the #Mestizos" ...#halfBreed #mixedBlood

The story of #GonzaloGuerrero blew my mind when I heard it... He was one of 2 survivors #shipwrecked off the #Mayan #Yucatan 7 years before #HernanCortes invaded #Mexico...during this time Gonzalo, became completely #acculturated in #Mayan society, married #ZazilHa known as #IxChelCan daughter of #NaChanCan ..together they became the parents of the first #mixedBlood #halfBreed #mestizo children... ...Gonzalo had the opportunity to return among the #Colonizers and participate in enslaving the #indigenous population, but he declined this and instead fought to defend his new family and died among the Maya in a battle against #PedroDeAlvarado ...#decolonize #descolonizate #Anahuac