XOL DE AZTLAN

THE SUN OF AZTLAN IS A DESIGN THAT REPRESENTS THE HOMELAND OF THE ANCIENT AZTECS. ACCORDING TO LEGEND, THE AZTECS LEFT AZTLAN AND JOURNEYED SOUTH, EVENTUALLY REACHING THE VALLEY OF MEXICO. BY 1325 THE AZTECA HAD BECOME THE MEXICA, THE TRIBE WHO WOULD BUILD THEIR CAPITAL CITY OF TENOCHTITLAN IN THE MIDDLE OF A LAKE IN THE HEART OF ANAHUAK.

THE TRUE LOCATION OF AZTLAN IS NOT PRECISELY KNOWN. SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT IT IS IN NORTHERN MEXICO WHILE OTHERS BELIEVE THAT IT IS IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA (UTAH, ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO) OF WHAT IS NOW THE UNITED STATES. BEGINNING IN THE LATE 1960's THE ACTIVISTS OF CHICANO MOVEMENT ADOPTED AZTLAN AS A SYMBOL FOR THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, HOME TO THE LARGEST POPULATIONS OF MEXICAN-AMERICANS IN THE U.S.