1.   Atlatl, which takes its name from the Aztec word for a wooden device used to catapult spears in battle, is a national service organization for Indian artists.

2.   Atlatl is an Aztec word, but atlatls developed as a technology all over the ancient world.

3.   Olmec derives from the Aztec word for the inhabitants of the coastal region near the base of the Yucatan Peninsula, where the Olmec first thrived.

4.   The ancient Aztec word for tortilla is tlaxcallim.