The concept of 'Aztlán' in the Chicano Movement refers to which of the following?
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Correct answer: The ancestral spiritual homeland of the Aztec people in the American Southwest
Chicano activists reclaimed Aztlán as a symbol of indigenous heritage and a way to assert that Mexican Americans were not 'immigrants' but were native to the land lost in the Mexican-American War. This concept was central to the movement's cultural nationalism.
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