IHSS In-class: Linguistics Blog and Seminar

 Gustavo Alvarez 

IHSS 

Mr. Roddy 

9/7/2021

The Role of Indigenous Languages in Defining Indigeneity

I found it interesting how these indigenous groups have managed to survive after almost 600 years of colonization and still find ways to continue living. The article makes a good point on how indigenous groups in Latin America are still met with challenges from the government on their own authenticity. A good example of this is in the 90's in Oaxaca Mexico, there was a uprising of indigenous people against the government for pushing into their lands. They eventually managed to make the government pull out but the actual "war" has never ended. They also talked about how these indigenous groups would need to prove that they are indigenous through saying things like swear words in their language. Another group of Indigenous people in Ecuador would wear lots of body paint in order for the government to see them as indigenous and grant them protection. Things like that are common practices in order for their country to grant them the protection that they need. Many people agree that these struggles are all apart of the resistance against the Ethnocide that happened in the Spanish Colonial Era. 












http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1790/linguistic-essentialism-and-indigenous-authenticity-the-role-of-indigenous-languages-in-defining-indigeneity  

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