#zoque

"How To Be A Good Savage and Other Poems" by Mikaes Sanchez, translated from Zoque and Spanish by Wendy Call and Shook. It includes three translations of each poem. Here's jus a taste:

WE ARE MOKAYAS

They call us Indians

for defending Nasakopajk'

but what child would help the executioner

rather than his mother?

We are Mokayas,

sowers of maize.

We aren't savages,

we aren't uncivilized.

We understand the language of rivers,

and hills.

We are the wound that will not heal,

we are the answer to your emptiness.

Come, white brother,

we will teach you a song you must

remember.

Come, white sister,

Day 1: History

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Left to Right:

- Olmec, Zoque, and Mixe

I decided to draw my Olmec oc. The Mother of mesoamerica, Olmec. The one that started the flourish and influence on Mexican soil.

Olmec-

a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico ( c. 1200–400 BC), who established what was probably the first Meso-American civilization.

Mixe-

Are indigenous people inhabiting the eastern highlands state of Oaxaca. The Mixe name for themselves is ayuujkjä'äy meaning "people who speak the mountain language. The word "Mixe" itself is probably derived from the Nahuatl word for cloud: mīxtli.

Zoque-

Are indigenous people inhabiting several parts of Mexico: Oaxaca, mostly in Chiapas, and etc. The Zoque are related to the Mixe through language.

Information/introduction:

What I’ve realized about Olmec interpretations is they don’t tackle relationships and the influence the Olmecs have in mesoamerica.

And I would like to introduce the idea that My interpretation of Olmec is she is motherly and willing to adopt and mentor other civilizations.

-Why does Olmec adopt?

Because she has been alone and didn’t had anyone to look up to, because of this, she wanted to make sure the children she adopted have the love and affection they deserve.

To let them be under her wing and teach the knowledge she had picked up before.

-Did she any children of her own besides adoption?

No. What the olmecs done for most civilizations was to inspire and the share of knowledge. Influence.

Though. The Zoque and Mixe are theorized to be Olmec descendants.

I thought it would be cute for them to have a strong connection to Olmec.

Codex Black - Cem Anahuac, the Southlands.

Here’s a map of the region in which the Oaxaca Arc will take place. With this you may have a better understanding of space within the comic. On the far right is Cacalotepec, where Donaji & Itzcacalotl first met, and southwest from there is Galahuiguichi (Today Juchitán), where they fought Citlalmina. This is the full version of the one that appeared in today’s update.

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, capital de Chiapas, detrás de sus calles y edificios permanece una raíz profunda: la del pueblo zoque, cuya historia y cultura forman parte del origen mismo de la ciudad, sin embargo este no es reconocido por algunas instituciones. A pesar de esta herencia, hasta la fecha Tuxtla no ha sido reconocida oficialmente como un pueblo indígena zoque por el Instituto Nacional de los…