Analú María López

Analú María López (Huachichil/Xi’úi) is a Librarian, Photographer, and Writer living in Šikaakonki, Zhigaagoong, Zhekagoynak, or so called “Chicago.” This land is and will always be Indigenous land.

Born and raised on the Southwest side of Chicago in the neighborhood of La Villita (Little Village), where she still resides, she is interested in historically underrepresented Indigenous narratives, preservation and revitalization of Indigenous languages, Decolonial theory, and Native botany and medicines. She holds a Master of Library and Information Sciences with a certificate in Archives and Cultural Heritage Resources and Services from Dominican University and a Bachelor of Arts in Photography with a minor in Latin-American Studies from Columbia College Chicago. Currently, she works at the Newberry Library of Chicago as the Ayer Librarian and Assistant Curator of American Indian and Indigenous Studies. Download a copy of her Resume.

If you like the resources on her website or just a fan of the work she does, you can support her work via buy me a coffee.

You can also donate to the following organizations:

Xinachkalko, an autonomous, collective Indigenous space located in Kwentepek, Morelos, Mexico, founded by  Nahua scholar and Kwentepek resident Victorino Torres Nava. Victorino is also a professor at the Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory Of North America in Los Angeles.  Donate: Venmo – @Victorino-TorresNava

Organizations here in Chicago to support: Chi-Nations Youth Council, First Nations Garden here. Native and Indigenous Student Scholarship at Northeastern Illinois University

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Analú María López (Huachichil/Xi´úi) amoxpixke, tlaixkopinke wan amatlasentlalike akin chanti ipan Šikaakonki, Zhigaagoong, Zhekagoynak, “Chicago” ipan Myaamia, Ojibwe, wan Potawatomi. Tinemi ipan masewatlalli. 

Otlakat wan okiweyaltikeh non oksektlapal ka tlatsintlan Chicago ompa kalpotlalli La Villita (tetetepichin Vivillita), kampa oknoma chanti. Ihwa kipaktia masewaltlahtolmeh inon kihtowah nin tikenimekeh, kenika titlahtlatowah wan kenika tikxixitoniskeh tleno yotechchihchiwakoh, tlahkwilokeh wan tlaixkopintlahkwilowa tlanelo tlemach. Kipia imaestria kenime Amapixtlamatilistli wan Ciencia de la informacion ika se sertifikado ipan Archivos y Recursos y Servicios de Patrimonio Cultural de Dominican University, wan kipia se ilisensiatora itech Tlixkopinalli wan omotechti itech Estudios Latinoamericanos de Columbia College Chicago. Axkan tekiti ihtek amoxkalli Newberry ompa Chicago kenime amoxpixke itech masewalamoxmeh tlen kitokayotiah Ayel (iyalwa). 

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Analú María López (Huachichil/Xi’úi) es bibliotecaria, fotógrafa, y escritora viviendo en Šikaakonki, Zhigaagoong, Zhekagoynak, o “Chicago.” Esta tierra es y será siempre tierra indígena.

Nacida y criada en el lado suroeste de Chicago en el barrio de La Villita, donde todavía reside, está interesada en narrativas indígenas históricamente subrepresentadas, preservación y revitalización de lenguas indígenas, teoría decolonial (dentro de bibliotecas y museos), y Plantas nativas y medicinas. Tiene una Maestría en Bibliotecología y Ciencia de la Información con un certificado en Archivos y Recursos y Servicios de Patrimonio Cultural de Dominican University y una Licenciatura en Fotografía con una especialización en Estudios Latinoamericanos de Columbia College Chicago. Actualmente, trabaja en la Biblioteca Newberry de Chicago como Bibliotecaria y Asistente de curadora de Estudios Indígenas para la colección Ayer.

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Services

Aside from working as a Librarian, I operate an independent Photography business, AML Photography since 2004. Feel free to send me an inquiry or book a session. We are a photography team specializing in portraiture, weddings, art documentation, and pet photography. The studio was first started by myself, but has grown over the years. We have photographed weddings in Chicago, Galena, Detroit, Milwaukee, Michigan, and Texas. We are mobile and portrait sessions are done on site at the clients home or around the Chicago area. We customize each session depending on the needs of the client.

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