Evidence of the study of astronomy has been found around the world dating back generations. El Pais has an article focusing on Indigenous pre-Hispanic “contemplations of the cosmos”, found here. A presentation given for the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club by Ana Maria Milla … Continue Reading »

Many of us are familiar with the story of the “Cochabamba Water War”, a rebellion of Bolivians against water privatization that was further immortalized in the 2010 film “También la lluvia.” Unfortunately, there are still many issues with water rights … Continue Reading »

The Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition opens its 60th year on the 20th of April. A New York Times Article is focusing on various Indigenous artists featured—including, “a collective of painters from the Brazilian Amazon, MAHKU (Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin)” who … Continue Reading »

The New York Times has an interactive article focusing on linguistic diversity in New York City. The article includes an interactive map highlighting different neighborhoods and language communities, and also has short clips of different people speaking in their language … Continue Reading »

February is Black History Month in the United States and a huge focus of this month in high school and college classrooms is the Harlem Renaissance. Did you know that a significant number of influential people within this movement had … Continue Reading »

Each year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization selects cultural practices that are unique and important to different communities in particular need to be honored and safeguarded. In 2023, 9 elements from Latin America and the Caribbean were … Continue Reading »

We often think of the Spanish language when we think of the Caribbean, but there are six official languages in the region and many more are spoken by Indigenous and immigrant populations. The Library of Congress has a resource on … Continue Reading »

Here at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Roberto Hernandez Center has begun the HOLA Archives project to document the history of Latinx student activism and community through the decades. The published episodes are on “Latino/a Activism at UWM and the … Continue Reading »

The Digital Library of the Caribbean holds books, newspapers, videos, partners with related items, and more. Please see below for a few examples out of their thousands of resources. “Founded in 2004, the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) has … Continue Reading »

Almost two years of research has been developed into a “3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire”, Tenochtitlan. You can navigate the website in English, Spanish, or Nahuatl, and key facts about the city are broken down with … Continue Reading »