In this episode of Radical Narrative, Mylan is joined by a special guest for an in-depth conversation examining the historical roots of Spanish colonialism, the Reconquista, Mexico's racial caste systems, mestizaje, Indigenismo, and the emergence of Chicano nationalism and contemporary Pretendianism. The discussion explores Spanish colonialism, the political influence of José Vasconcelos, La Raza Cósmica, the mythology of Aztlán, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and why Mexican nationalism requires critical examination in an era of social media influencers, identity politics, and growing concerns surrounding Indigenous identity claims. Together, they examine the distinctions between nationality, racial identity, Indigenous ancestry, Indigenous lands, and Indigenous nationhood, while challenging colonial and nationalist narratives that undermine the sovereignty, histories, and territorial rights of distinct Indigenous nations. At the centre of this conversation is a fundamental question: Who has the authority to claim Indigenous identity, history, and territory, and what happens when settler nationalist ideologies and self-identification come into conflict with the ongoing , historical , political and even legal nationhood of Indigenous peoples? Show Notes: -The Dawning of the Apocalypse — Gerald Horne https://monthlyreview.org/9781583678725/ La Raza Cósmica — José Vasconcelos https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26500948M/La_Raza_c%C3%B3smica Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race — Laura E. Gómez https://nyupress.org/9781479894284/manifest-destinies-second-edition/ Aztecas del Norte: The Chicanos of Aztlán — Jack D. Forbes https://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=%22Forbes%2C+Jack+D%22 Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza — Gloria Anzaldúa https://www.auntlute.com/borderlands The Neo-Indians: A Religion for the Third Millennium — Jacques Galinier & Antoinette Molinié https://upcolorado.com/university-press-of-colorado/the-neo-indians Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity — Darryl Leroux https://uofmpress.ca/books/distorted-descent Becoming Indian: The Struggle over Cherokee Identity in the Twenty-first Century — Circe Sturm https://www.unmpress.com/9781934691441/becoming-indian/ Nations, Nationalisms, and Indígenas: The “Indian” in the Chicano Revolutionary Imaginary — Lourdes Alberto https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/jcritethnstud.2.1.0107 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/treaty-of-guadalupe-hidalgo El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán (1969) https://icaa.mfah.org/s/en/item/803398
