Starting to read more about the history of the Chicano movement, and holy shit holy shit it's insane that anybody today tries to deny their status as an oppressed nationality within the territory of Amerikkka !!!
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo [which ended the Mexican/American war, and annexed the territory which became the Southwest of the United States, aka Aztlán] is an important document. Other than the Native Americans no other people living within the boundaries of this country have a formal treaty with the U.S. government concerning the treatment of its people by the government. Articles III and IX of the document concern the treatment of Mexicans remaining in the territory after occupation by the U.S. Significantly, Article X, which guaranteed protection and validity of "all prior and pending titles to property of every description" was deleted by the U.S. Senate before the Treaty was ratified. (Acuna, pg. 28-29) The treaty would again become important in the history of the Chicano people in the late 1960's when the Alianza Federal de Mercedes would demand a return of land taken after the war to those holding rightful deeds.
The August Twenty-ninth Movement (ATM), Fan the Flames: A Revolutionary Position on the Chicano National Question
Citing R. Acuna, Occupied America: Chicanos Struggle Toward Liberation
