Rapa Nui – Fake Flamenco

archeology, Architecture, Indigenous Peoples, The Americas

528 Years of Indigenous Resistance

Some call it Día de la Raza, some Columbus Day, some Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Today marks the date the European Invasion of the Americas began. That October of 1492 until 2020, battles of people, ideas, religions and germs changed life for the tribal peoples and people from Europe forever. Those of us who live in […]

Chile, Indigenous Peoples, Spanish Culture and Language

Who Owns Rapa Nui – Easter Island?

Officially, since 1888, Chile has owned the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui. For 300 years, the name Isla de Pascua or Easter Island has been its moniker. However, as of May this year, the Chilean Senate voted to amend the name to Rapa Nui – Isla de Pascua. Although that is progress, the Native population […]