Indigenismo in the United States

Indigenismo in the United States (Spanish: [indixeˈnismo]) is a nationalist ideology among Hispanic and Latino Americans, particularly Mexican Americans, which emphasizes the historical Indigenous ancestry of mestizos (Latinos of European and Indigenous descent). Indigenismo was a prominent aspect of 20th-century Chicano activism, with roots in Mexican nationalist state-sponsored Indigenismo policies dating to the 1920s. Central to Chicanismo is the idea that Chicanos are an Indigenous people, due to their partial Indigenous heritage, rather than descendants of European settlers. Mexican-American Indigenismo is sometimes called Chicano Indigenism.