Nahuatl Summer Program in Zacatecas

[John Sullivan, Ph.D.]

Delia,
	It's not off topic. During the massive campaign of baptism after the  
Conquest, indians were given saint's names and these became the last  
names of most Nahuas today. "Cruz" or "de la Cruz" is very common in  
the region (municipality of Chicontepec, Veracruz) where most of my  
students come from (One of my huichol students es also "Cruz").  
Francisco, not common as a last name among Spaniards or Mexican  
Mestizos, is relatively common among Nahuas.
	Of the list below, there are two sets of relatives. Sabina and  
Catalina are sisters. Delfina and Manuel are sister and brother  
(Manuel's birth certificate, for some reason was registered  
differently from his sister's). Eliazar's last names are completely  
different from the rest. And even though he is from Huextetitlan,  
Orizatlan, Hidalgo, he says that the last names "Cruz" and "de la  
Cruz" are common in his town.
John

On May 14, 2007, at 9:38 AM, Delia Cosentino wrote:

> I recognize that this is off-topic, BUT can you shed light on the  
> consistency of the last names in this list? Are many of them family  
> members, as I would imagine they must be? Just curious. Delia  
> Cosentino, Chicago
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nahuatl-bounces at lists.famsi.org [mailto:nahuatl- 
> bounces at lists.famsi.org] On Behalf Of John Sullivan, Ph.D.
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 4:23 PM
> To: nahuatl at lists.famsi.org
> Subject: [Nahuat-l] Nahuatl Summer Program in Zacatecas
>
>
> Listeros,
>
>             I am happy to announce that this summer, there will be  
> eight instructors and TAs working with us in the "Intensive Course  
> in Older and Modern Nahuatl", at the Universidad Autónoma de  
> Zacatecas. All are native speakers of Nahuatl from the Huasteca  
> Region of Mexico.
>
> 1. Delfina de la Cruz de la Cruz, BA in Economics, and primary  
> instructor of Modern Nahuatl in our program
>
> 2. Manuel Cruz de la Cruz, BS in Psychology (he will begin his  
> Masters in Indoamerican Linguistics at CIESAS in Mexico City this  
> Fall)
>
> 3. Eliazar Hernández Hernández, (will have his BA in Law in about a  
> month)
>
> 4. Victoriano Cruz de la Cruz, BA in Accounting (he will begin his  
> Masters in Indoamerican Linguistics at CIESAS in Mexico City this  
> Fall)
>
> 5. Sabina Cruz de la Cruz, (will finish her coursework in Law this  
> semester)
>
> 6. Catalina Cruz de la Cruz (third year Law student)
>
> 7. Ofelia Cruz Morales (will finish her coursework in Law this  
> semester)
>
> 8. Aracely Cruz Francisco (first year student in Accounting).
>
>             I am also happy to announce that Victoriano Cruz de la  
> Cruz has just returned from UC Berkeley, where he spent the month  
> of April as an instructor of Modern Huastecan Nahuatl. All of the  
> above native speakers have been trained here as instructors of  
> Modern Nahuatl conversation and grammar, and are available for  
> teaching this kind of course at universities outside of Mexico.  
> Study abroad programs are practically non-existent in Mexico, and I  
> would like to be able to offer each one of the indigenous students  
> who participates in our program here, the opportunity to visit a  
> foreign university.
>
>             Anyone interested in setting up this kind of course at  
> their home institution, or discussing other kinds of collaborative  
> activities, can contact me.
>
> John
>
>
> John Sullivan, Ph.D.
> Professor of Nahua language and culture
> Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
> Zacatecas Institute of Teaching and Research in Ethnology
> Tacuba 152, int. 47
> Centro Histórico
> Zacatecas, Zac. 98000
> Mexico
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