According to Bruce Warren, the name "Akish" (Ether 14:3) might have some parallels in Mesoamerican lore. The name "Akish" is very similar to the Quiche Maya name of Kaqix
or Caquix (pronounced "kaw-kish"). This Mesoamerican name refers to the macaw parrot. The Tuxtla Mountains of southern Veracruz were referred to by the Aztecs as Toztlan, which means the place of the Macaw parrots. The Aztec place name glyph also depicts a macaw parrot for these mountains (Covarrubias 1947, 26, n. 4). With this in mind, it is interesting that one of the major proposed geographical sites for the last battles of the Jaredites is the Tuxtla mountains of southern Veracruz. [Bruce W. Warren, Blaine M. Yorgason, Harold Brown, New Evidences of Christ in Mesoamerica, Unpublished Manuscript] [See the commentary on Ether 8:2]