Excerpt: http://leadershipforchange.org/awardees/awardee.php3?ID=28
Reza dreams of a day when Tonatierra can create day labor centers throughout the city [Phoenix]. Tonatierra and Reza are also working for the electoral redistricting of Phoenix in order to increase Latino political representation. Tonatierra is also preparing for the future through a new program called Xinachtli, which works with public schools to teach the traditions, culture, art and science of indigenous people. “We are in three school districts now, but we hope to offer this in many others, so that students – all young people – will learn, for instance, about the advanced mathematics of the Aztec’s calendar, which was based on the rhythm of sun and stars. We’re already seeing the lives of kids changed by this. So many kids enter the school district unbalanced, economically, spiritually. We’re preparing a crop of kids for the future.” What does Xinachtli mean? “In the Aztec language,” says Reza, “it means ‘seed’.”
“What does Xinachtli mean? “In the Aztec language,” says Reza, “it means ‘seed’.””
Oh yee ha.
Interesting. As the ‘indigenous’ influences in Arizona come from the Tohono O’odham, Pima, Apache and Navajo tribes (and a few others). I guess Sr. Reza couldn’t be bothered to find an adequate name from one of their languages.
Sounds like he knows alot about crops.