David Vazquez, Aztec-language teacher who worked to save ancestors’ history, dies By Priscella Vega Staff Writer Follow Feb. 12, 2021 2:38 PM PT ...

10. Ehecatl: The Aztec God of Wind and Air Ehecatl (eh·heh·kah·tul), whose name simply means “wind” in Nahuatl (the Aztec language), was revered as the essential breath of life.

At his school, Speak Nahuatl, Cayetano not only teaches the language but also the deeper meaning behind the words. He says it’s not enough to just learn the words or the dialect.

Instead, the actors belted out their songs in the Aztecs' own imperial tongue of Nahuatl, still spoken by millions of indigenous Mexicans, though helpful Spanish-language supertitles were flashed ...

Ayer 1485, a Nahuatl-language manuscript, sits in the conservation lab at Newberry Library on the Near North Side on Dec. 11, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) ...

As the K-12 students began school on a recent Friday, they participated in a dance that told the story of the ancient Aztec hunting communities, who traveled under the cover of night.

Francisco Barragan had been grieving his mother's death and subsequent sense of loneliness for nearly a year when his Aztec-language teacher offered a different perspective. From the basement of ...