"Spanish words" with Indigenous Roots to celebrate Day of Indigenous Resistance.

1. D AY O F I N D I G E N O U S
R E S I S TA N C E
S PA N I S H W O R D S W I T H I N D I G E N O U S R O O T S
UNA VAINA BIEN SPANISH

2. C H R I S T O P H E R C O L U M B U S
D I D N ’ T D I S C O V E R “ A M E R I C A … ”
There were already people living in the “discovered”
territory. People with rich cultural practices, histories,
languages, customs, and societies. For this reason we
don’t celebrate Columbus, a lost navigator who simply
stumbled upon a place he thought was somewhere
else…

3. A N D W H O ’ S F I R S T T H O U G H T U P O N
M E E T I N G T H E N AT I V E I N H A B I TA N T S
WA S T H I S …

4. – C H R I S T O P H E R C O L U M B U S
( F R O M H I S P E R S O N A L J O U R N A L )
They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for
I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge
and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no
iron. Their spears are made of cane. They would
make fine servants. With fifty men we could
subjugate them all and make them do whatever
we want.

5. D AY O F I N D I G E N O U S R E S I S TA N C E
Instead, we honour and celebrate the
Indigenous people who continue to persist,
exist, and resist in the face of attempted
genocide and annihilation. We honour and
celebrate their many cultural, architectural,
linguistic and culinary contributions to
AMERICAN culture.

6. T H E F O L L O W I N G A R E
F O U R T E E N “ S PA N I S H ”
W O R D S W I T H I N D I G E N O U S
R O O T S

7. A H U A C AT L
N A H U A T L

8. K A N A WA
C A R I B

9. T S I K I T L
N A H U A T L

10. X O K O L AT L
N A H U A T L

11. K U N T U R
Q U E C H U A

12. C O Y O T L
N A H U A T L

13. E L O T L
N A H U A T L

14. H A M A K A
TA Í N O

15. YA G U A R E T E
T U P I - G U A R A N Í

16. L L A M A
Q U E C H U A

17. M A PA C H
N A H U A T L

18. PA PA
Q U E C H U A

19. T O M AT L
N A H U A T L

20. T U C A N A
T U P I - G U A R A N Í

21. # N AT I V E L I V E S M AT T E R
UNA VAINA BIEN SPANISH