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amae-313	Sanchez, Irene	Canyon City	2018.0	5	.pdf	application/pdf	721	14	44	http://amaejournal.utsa.edu ISSN: 2377-9187 http://amaejournal.utsa.edu/ Sanchez Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal © 2018, Volume 12, Issue 3 191 Canyon City By Irene Sanchez For the students of Azusa, CA Driving through the canyon city Find Botanicas and Barber shops Mercados and mother’s pushing strollers Mothers pushing strollers down streets Named for a citrus past Schools in a city named for a rancho A rancho owned by Dalton a man who sided With the Mexicans during the Mexican American War Mexican American War What remains today is a romanticized history But what was erased is the fact that the San Gabriel Valley is indigenous land Indigenous land There are spirits that still echo through these canyons These canyons These mountains I breath the crisp morning air A tardy bell rings As I watch students make their way Finding a way Wondering why they are here after traveling Canyon City Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal © 2018, Volume 12, Issue 3 192 Many roads Many roads lead to a classroom They enter holding back a rumble in their bellies Too many painful nights Painful nights They don’t want to remember Nights full of stars they can’t even see the magic They are made of Because in the morning They sit where it has been erased, degraded, left out of The curriculum The curriculum the other teachers say it’s too advanced Too much Too real Too challenging Because it sounds too much like the truth They call it un-American They tell me Sanchez Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal © 2018, Volume 12, Issue 3 193 You get stopped around here for looking suspicious For looking like you don’t belong Belong where?	cache/amae-313.pdf	txt/amae-313.txt