Danza Mexi'cayotl is traditional Chicano dance circle of families in San Diego California. This traditional group is based on the teachings of "La Danza Conchera" (also known by the names of "Danza Azteca," "Danza Chichimeca," "Danza de Conquista,"). La Danza Conchera is a complex social/spiritual organization based on the pre-columbian traditions of the Otomi/Chichimeca nations of Queretaro, and of the Nahuatl-speaking Tlaxcaltecan, Mexi'ca, and other indigenous nations of central Mexico., Danza Mexi'cayotl was found on Dec. 12, 1980 at the hill of Tepeyacac, in Mexico City. Capitán Mario E. Aguilar Cuauhtlehcoc Quetzalcoatl, a 26-year-old Chicano was the first Chicano recognized by some of the major elders of La Danza Azteca/Conchera. Among the elders given Aguilar recognition were General Flroencio Yescas, Generala Juanita Hernandez de la Palabra del General Francisco Diaz, Capitana Rosita Maya Hernandez, Manuel and Mario Andres Pineda, Los Hermanos Placencia of Guadalajara, Miguel Avalos, Felipe Aranda,Eladio Aguillon of Queretaro, and Moises Gonzales Barrios. Tepeyacac was the pre-columbian center for the worship of "Toci Teteoinan Tonanzin" (Nahuatl for "our grandmother, the gods, their mother, our revered mother). Tonantzin was a Mexi'ca (Aztec) goddess who originally was a Culhua princess given by her father to be the wife of the Mexi'ca tribal god Huitziloppochtli Danza Mexi'cayotl was founded by Capitán Mario E. Aguilar Cuauhtlehcoc Quetzalcoatl when he was ordered to Mexico City to be given the title of CAPITAN, or leader/elder of a traditional dance circle, by his Maestro, General Florencio Yescas. Aguilar had also learned from Andres Segura and the White Roots of peace. In 1987, in order to continue and expand its role in teaching and preserving the indigenous heritage of la Danza, Danza Mexi'cayotl incorporated as a California non-profit corporation, "The Mexi'cayotl Indio Cultural Center" (MICC). MICC is dedicated to teaching and preserving the indigenous cultures of México and the southwestern United States. In 1992 MICC received recognition for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a community based, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that is dedicated to bringing knowledge of the indigenous/Mestizo living traditions of Mexico back to the Chicano/Latino communities of the U.S. Danza Mexi'cayotl, through MICC has collected this knowledge from indigenous and mestizo people that still live the traditional ways of life, as well as from academic, scientific, and artistic sources that have carried out rigorous research using western and non-western hermeneutics and ontologies to document, and teach living mesoamerican cultural, linguistic, and spiritual traditions. Danza