"Many young Raza activists today are adopting a vision that embraces the strengths of nationalism while shunning its divisiveness. They call it "native spirituality," or "the natural way," or "indigenismo," and see it as that revolutionary worldview we urgently need...indigenismo can subvert the colonized mentality found among mestizo peoples that elevates the European and denigrates the Indian."
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Elizabeth Martinez "Remember Something Ancient, Imagine Something New” in De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century
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