Talking Stick, Podcast Episode #10 with Xico Garza hosted by Our Indigenous Traditions

Episode #10 with Xico Garza

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Bio: Xico Garza is a Two-Spirit grandfather of 3 multi-racial children and resides on a 12-acre Land adjacent to the Giant Sequoia National Monument after living in San Francisco for thirty years. Being adopted, he only knows of his indigenous roots from his adopted mother and medicine woman, Mechi Garza. Xico leads an Aztec Dance group called Calpulli Tepeyollotl Cuahitlan. Through this and other groups, he collaborates with WildPlaces, an ecological restoration organization founded by his partner Mehmet McMillan. Their 12-acre home is along the Tule River and hosts numerous culture and nature events including the annual Two-Spirit Ceremony for peoples of all nations.

“I am also blessed to be the water pourer for our sacred Temazcalli where I had a spiritual vision to share the medicine with Two-Spirit peoples four years ago”, Xico shares. “The temazcal is the starting point of the Two-Spirit Ceremony and is a way for attendees to reconnect with others in nature ethics and to give back to Mother Earth through tree and flower planting'.

Xico is a survivor of AIDS since 1989. He was diagnosed while living in San Francisco, CA where he was involved in the local community, including being a curator and founder of the first Latino/a LGBTQ art exhibition held at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in 1991, which is still celebrated in many sectors of the arts throughout San Francisco.

In 1994, Xico was fortunate to have traveled to Chiapas with Yan Maria Castro (a lesbian and leader of the woman’s march in Mexico City) to interview and sleepover with the Zapatistas who changed Xico’s narrative and inspired him to vow to work with all indigenous groups. As well, in 2007, he traveled to the hill tribes of eastern Burma with Burma Humanitarian Mission to assist with primary and secondary medical health services to the Karen people there. Soon after Xico found Danza Mexica with Maestra Macuil Xotchill from Sacramento CA. Xico gives honor and gratitude to his mentors: Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, Danza Maestra Martha Solís, Macuil Xotchill, and Temazcal Maestra Sandra Cipaccihuatl.

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