GLOSSARY
aztec
The Nahuatl word for people of Aztlán.
Aztlán
The name of the mythical homeland of the Aztecs.
borders
Una herida abierta. Borders are a dividing line set up to distinguish us from them.
BORDERLAND
A vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary. The prohibited and forbidden are its inhabitants.
COCHISE PEOPLE
The parent culture of the Aztecs.
hUITZILOPOCHTLI
The God of War.
la traversia
The return odyssey to the historical/mythological Aztlán.
tejanos
Native Texans of Mexican descent.
MESTIZO
People of mixed Indian and Spanish blood.