In the wake of my latest reporting on the #HoldingOurGround symposium, a common "Red Herring" has resurfaced: the claim that Mexican records only list "Nationality," making Indigeneity impossible to verify.
This is a fundamental misunderstanding—or a deliberate misdirection—of how genealogical research works. We don’t stop at 1950. 300 years of Casta records from the Catholic Church and the Spanish state were meticulous. They didn't "hide" Indigeneity; they labeled it.
If your 400-year family tree is consistently recorded as Español or Mestizo (the settler class), you aren't "hidden"—you are part of the colonial state.
I’m breaking down the TAAF findings on Patricia Marroquin Norby and why the "translation" excuse doesn't hold up under investigative scrutiny.
Read the full analysis and see the source links here: