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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztl%C3%A1n

The concept of Aztlán as the place of origin of the pre-Columbian Mexican
civilization has become a symbol for various Mexican nationalist and
indigenous movements.

The name Aztlán was first taken up by a group of Chicano independence
activists led by Oscar Zeta Acosta during the Chicano movement of the 1960s
and 1970s. They used the name "Aztlán" to refer to the lands of Northern
Mexico that were annexed by the United States as a result of the
Mexican-American War. Combined with the claim of some historical linguists
and anthropologists that the original homeland of the Aztecan peoples was
located in the southwestern United states, Aztlán in this sense became a
symbol of mestizo activists who believe they have a legal and primordial
right to the land.

Groups who have used the name "Aztlán" in this manner include Plan
Espiritual de Aztlán, MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán,
"Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán"), and the Nation of Aztlán (NOA).

Many in the Chicano Movement attribute poet Alurista for popularizing the
term Aztlán in a poem presented during the Chicano Youth Liberation
Conference in Denver, Colorado, March 1969.[citation needed]