Bizarre sentence

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what is bizarre is saying (without any REAL factual evidence) that 
..."The Nahuatl people of Siberia" existed.  This language developed 
(and thus is an INDIGENOUS language of) IN  " Ixachilan" , so it cannot 
be  an Asian language.

zorrah at att.net wrote:
> Greetings,
> I just found this post and the reference to my website 
> http://nahuatl.info/research/genetics.htm
> My site include a very rough draft article on the genetic migrations 
> of the original inhabitants of "Ixachilan." I used Ixachilan because I 
> learned that is one of the names that Nahuatl speakers use for our 
> ancient homeland (The Western Hemisphere). I know native Nahuatl 
> speakers from D.F., Cuentepec, and Puebla--all who use Ixachilan. Of 
> course, there were no Nahuatl speakers in Siberia tens of thousands of 
> years ago. However, I find nothing wrong with using Ixachilan instead 
> of "America" or the Western Hemisphere.
>
> I really don't understand what is so political about using Ixachilan.
>
> Most of the research that I cite in the article is from primary 
> literature. However, I do agree that the research needs a lot more 
> development. Regardless, Ixachilan is simply another way to describe 
> our (indigenous) ancestral homeland.
>
> I really would love to read anything composed in English or any other 
> language that is NOT "contaminated" with political bias. Seriously, 
> what knowledge is politically free? Human language and knowledge are 
> socially constructed by humans who contaminate everything with their 
> humanity. If humans are not responsible, then please explain who is!
>
> Citlalin
> _______________________________________________________
> Citlalin Xochime, PhD candidate
> Rhetoric & Professional Communication Program
> New Mexico State University Department of English
> citlalin at att.net
>
>
>     -------------- Original message from Joseph Burch
>     <jbb at virginia.edu>: --------------
>
>     A quick Google on "nahuatl siberia" turned up the following
>     article containing references to "Ixachilan":
>
>     http://nahuatl.info/research/genetics.htm
>
>     An interesting article but, alas, one contaminated by political bias.
>
>     Joe Burch
>
>     Frances Karttunen wrote:
>>     On p. 157 in a volume titled Human Origins by Rob DeSalle and Ian
>>     Tattersall, beginning a section titled "The New World: But Not
>>     the Newest," Al came across the following assertion:
>>
>>     "Many ancient h/omo sapiens /from Asia apparently discovered that
>>     the Bering Strait was an important barrier between them and a
>>     landmass of which they knew little.  The Nahuatl people of
>>     Siberia even had a word for the Western Hemisphere, 'Ixachilan.'"
>>
>>     ??????
>>
>>     Fran
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