This article is going to be a little different from many of my previous articles. As some of you have come to know, I am a member of the Federation of Aboriginal Nations of the Americas (FANA). Normally I write about what FANA has been doing or announcing ambassadorial roles or appointments of people to the different positions within the Federation.
Today I wish to share with you what one of the SandHill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians tribal members has been involved with for years.
Some of you are familiar with the appointment of Mazatzin (Maz) Casas Acosta as FANA’s ambassador to Mexico, Central, and South America, and AttaChé for Outreach and the Repatriation of Antiquities and Artifacts. Once again, some of you may be familiar with the Ambassador’s background. He is recognized as one of the leading authorities working with the Aztec Calendar, which you can find on his website: www.azteknology.com/clock. (Please click the 1st link below if you need to refresh your memory or are first timers to my articles.)
One of his goals has been to achieve global recognition of the Aztec Calendar, because as he puts it “this is not only a Mexican thing, neither an Aztec, of the Mayab or Indian thing…rather it is a Human Experience towards Personal Transcendence with Global Consequences”. After decades of study and travel, he had reached the conclusion that the Aztec calendar is the culmination of thousands of years of careful and respectful observation of nature and the cosmos by thousands of peoples across thousands of miles of our western hemisphere. He has developed his teachings to show that it can still be used today, as was intended.
Some of you may remember my article about FANA and the Garifuna Nation signing a cooperative agreement…