41. Resources On Indigenous People (see also guatemala Memory of Third World Network www.twnside.org.sg This siteaddress a range of issues relating to indigenous peoples, development, and http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/richard.robbins/legacy/indigenous_peoples.htm

QUICK ACCESS TO SELECTED PAGES Anthropological Resources Corporate Resources Country Resources General Resources and Search Engines GLOBAL PROBLEMS... BOOK DESCRIPTION AND MATERIALS Global Problems Course Materials Global Problems Course (Gloria Bobbie's Web Version) Global Updates Maps Media Resources ONLINE GLOBAL PROBLEMS READER (Frames Version) Reader Introduction (no frames) Readings on the Consumer (no frames) Readings on the Laborer (no frames) Readings on the Capitalist (no frames) Readings on the Nation-State (no frames) Readings on Population (no frames) Readings on the Environment (no frames) Readings on Health and Disease (no frames) Readings on Peasant Protest (no frames) Readings on Antisystemic Protest (no frames) Readings on Religious Protest (no frames) Readings on the Citizen-Activist (no frames) RESOURCES BY BOOK CHAPTER Resources on the Consumer Resources on the Laborer Resources on the Capitalist Resources on the Nation-State Resources on Population Growth Resources on the Environment Resources on Indigenous Peoples Resources on Peasant Protest Resources on Antisystemic Protest Resources on Religious Protest Resources on the Citizen-Activist Resources on the Future Search Engines Utopia Resources on the WWW Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Conflict, and the Nation-State

42. Diplomacy Monitor: Guatemala On The Issue Of Indigenous Peoples St. Thomas Univeristy School of Law Diplomacy Monitor, guatemala On the Issue ofIndigenous peoples Most recent Web posts first Page 1 Return To guatemala Sub http://www.diplomacymonitor.com/stu/dm.nsf/nationissued?openform&cat=Guatemala|I

43. Diplomacy Monitor: Indigenous Peoples 05/05/2004 Dated 05/04/2004 Cached guatemala Ministry of Foreign Affairs guatemalaELECTA EN VARIAS COMISIONES DE NACIONES indigenous peoples Indexed 05 http://www.diplomacymonitor.com/stu/dm.nsf/issued?openform&cat=Indigenous_People

44. Indigenous Peoples Workshops World Summit. indigenous peoples Workshops. indigenous Issues DevelopingNations I. Presenters. Title. Sonia Violeta Díaz Alonzo (guatemala). http://www.dpi.org/summit2004/en/presentations/indigenous.htm

World Summit Indigenous Peoples Workshops Indigenous Issues - Developing Nations I Presenters Title Sonia Violeta Díaz Alonzo (Guatemala) Situation of Women with disabilities in Guatemala Eddy Giovanni Racancoj López (Guatemala) Disability and Indigenous Communities in Guatemala Indigenous Issues - Developing Nations II Presenters Title Robert Sampana (Ghana) Discrimination Disabled People in Ghana: Exclusion or lack of knowledge? Harouna M. Samura (Sierra Leone) The current disablity issues in Sierra Leone Indigenous Issues - Developing Nations III Presenters Title Seydou Sidibe (Mali) The Cerebral Palsies among the tributes Bambara, Bobo, and Miniakan Sam Okello (Uganda) Deaf culture in Africa and The Constitution and the status of Sign Language in Uganda and Deaf education and Technology Indigenous Issues - Developed Nations Presenters Title Doreen Demas (Canada) The inclusion and role of First Nations with Disabilities within First Nations self Government structures Lester Bostock (Australia) Double Disadvantage - Aborigines and Disability in Australia Indigenous Issues - Asian Content

45. Education In The International Decade Of Indigenous Peoples: Bringing Education 15. In guatemala, the Agreement on Identity and Rights of indigenous Peoplesbetween the Government of guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/jpc/echoes-16-02.html

The Earth as Mother Education in the International Decade of Indigenous Peoples: Bringing education back into the mainstream of Indigenous Peoples' lives By Raymundo Rovillos They wanted us to go to school And to turn the pages of books... Why learn the language of books When the forest speaks to you? One cannot eat books, And pens and pencils are poor weapons To kill the deer of the mountains And the grunting boar... This poem aptly illustrates one of the issues raised by Indigenous Peoples against the system of education that was imposed on them by colonial and neo-colonial powers. It is a biting indictment of an educational system that is perceived as unsuitable to their needs. Indeed, Indigenous Peoples in many parts of the world identify education as a crucial factor in the historical process of their marginalization. The process started at the onset of western colonization and was carried over by nation-states after decolonization. A Handmaiden of Assimilation In their attempt to consolidate colonial power, and later, nation-states, the ruling elite imposed a policy of assimilation nay westernization. This policy was implemented by missionaries and schools that they set up in Indigenous communities. This resulted in the virtual obliteration of most of the Indigenous Peoples’ way of life their cultural practices, traditions, arts, languages. Some elements of their culture, those that were deemed acceptable to the "moral" (i.e., western, Christian and patriarchal) standards of the colonizers and ruling elite, were integrated into the dominant national culture.

46. Canadian Dimension: Indigenous Peoples Declaration Against United States Invasio Colombia Information Network of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. INIPA. CanadaLiga Maya Internacional . guatemala Universidade Federal de Mato Groso. http://www.canadiandimension.mb.ca/extra/d0408ip.htm

Indigenous Peoples Declaration Against United States Invasion of Iraq Ottawa - Canada - (Posted on Apr-01-2003) The representatives of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas gathered during the second Annual Forum of Connectivity in Ottawa, Canada on March 24-26, 2003 and expressed the following: Indigenous Peoples Declaration We urge the United Nations to call for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to condemn the United States government, and its allies decision to go to war and we call for an immediate cease fire To join our voices to the millions of peoples around the world, including the voices of the peoples in United States, the voice of our sister Rigoberta Menchù Tum, 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner and other indigenous organizations to condemn the genocidal American invasion against the Iraqi people. This genocide is a crime against humanity and violates international law as well as human and legal rights. This is a criminal invasion and it is killing innocent children, women and the elderly. It lacks any kind of legitimacy and cannot be justified as it violates all declarations to live in peace. It violates the self determination and sovereignty of peoples and the consensus reached by most states represented in the United Nations.

47. PAHO - HEALTH OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES - INFORMATION RESOURCES 23 —Lessons Learned in Working with indigenous Women and Health The Experiencein guatemala, MSD17/8 29 —Health of indigenous peoples Initiative—Progress http://165.158.1.110/english/hsp/hso_indig_infoR.htm

HEALTH OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INITIATIVE Information Resources To order any of these publications in hard copy please send your request to hsp@paho.org , with "Health of the Indigenous Peoples" as subject, and the title and document number in the body of the message. Publications available only in English Doc. # Publications available in English and Spanish: Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Selected References Doc. # Electronic Version Doc. # Doc. # Electronic Version Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Electronic Version Doc. # Electronic Version Doc. # Doc. # Framework for the Development of the Initiative 1999-2002 HSP/HSO. HSP/D Doc. # Publications available only in Spanish Doc. # in full part 1 part 2 part 3 ... part 4 Doc. # Electronic Version Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Electronic Version Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Electronic Version Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # Electronic Version Doc. # full document Doc. # Electronic Version Doc. # Electronic Version Doc. # Doc. # Doc. # *This document is in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print it. To download a free copy, please

48. CULTUREFOCUS: Pictures Of Maya People Of Guatemala And Mexico. Photo of Maya, Chichicastenango market Chichicastenango market, guatemala. Cristobalde las Casas to demand rights for the Maya and other indigenous peoples. http://www.culturefocus.com/guatemala_maya.htm

HOME The Ancient Maya Guatemala and Mexico THE MAYA TODAY The enduring Maya The ancient Maya of central America built one of the greatest civilizations of the western hemisphere. When European adventurers reached the New World in the 16th century, their destruction of indigenous cultures like that of the Maya was one of the most catastrophic episodes in human history. Although the great days of the Maya civilization are gone, the Maya are not a vanished people. Millions still live in their old lands that include modern Guatemala and parts of Mexico. Many still adhere to ancient customs despite the repressive regimes imposed on them in the centuries since the Spanish conquest. Before the conquest, many Maya cities rose and fell during the years of their great civilization. Sites with mighty temples and palaces each declined in their own time to be replaced by other power centers. Arrival of the Spanish The Spanish conquest was a time of traumatic subjugation. Certainly the Maya and other peoples of the New World like the Aztecs and Inca were themselves capable of brutalities, but they could not withstand the genocidal warfare inflicted by the Europeans with their firearms and horses. The destruction was worsened by the unintentional introduction of diseases such as smallpox, influenza and measles. Within a century, the indigenous population was reduced by 90 percent. A resilient culture Despite the conquest and cultural repression, Guatemala and Mexico are still home to Maya who maintain many of their old customs and traditions, and continue to speak Mayan languages. Their struggle against encroaching European civilization has never really halted, although much of their culture and spirit has gone underground.

49. Eco-Index: Preparation Of The Regional Map "Indigenous Peoples And Natural Ecosy in other maps, such as the Nahuas and the indigenous people of Texihuat Preparationof national indigenous maps for El Salvador, guatemala and Nicaragua. http://www.eco-index.org/search/results.cfm?ProjectID=442

50. GLOBAL VISION : INTERVIEWS : RIGOBERTA MENCHU TUM native country, she became an eloquent defender of indigenous peoples and other victimsof government oppression around the world. She left guatemala after her http://www.global-vision.org/interview/menchu.html

NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE RIGOBERTA MENCHU TUM A PLEA FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION Transcript of the Global Vision video interview. Produced, directed (and translated from the original Spanish) by Michael O'Callaghan BACKGROUND After fleeing the violence of her native country, she became an eloquent defender of indigenous peoples and other victims of government oppression around the world. She left Guatemala after her father, her mother and a brother were killed by its Government soldiers. Her 16-year-old brother Petrocinio was kidnapped, tortured and burned alive in 1979. When her mother demanded an explanation, Government soldiers abducted her mother, raped her repeatedly, cut off her ears, tortured and mutilated her, and left her to be consumed by maggots, vultures, and dogs. Her father was killed when the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City, in which he and other leaders of the country's main peasant opposition group had protested human rights violations, was set on fire. Global Vision Director Michael O'Callaghan for the Sustainability THE INTERVIEW WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO HUMANKIND?

51. NativeWeb Home Agreement on Identity and Rights of indigenous peoples, Maya, America Central,1809. Painters and Paintings from the Highlands of guatemala Pintores y Pinturas http://www.nativeweb.org/resources.php?name=Maya&type=1&nation=212

52. Indigenous Peoples The results constitute the Forestry and Environment Development Planof the Mayan People of guatemala. Critical Issues and Priorities. http://www.itpcentre.org/env_mayan.htm

53. Amnesty International - Library - Americas: Indigenous Peoples -- Second-class C assistance of an interpreter. In guatemala, indigenous people have stoodtrial in capital cases in Spanish, which they do not speak. http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR010062002?open&of=ENG-2AM

54. Sida - What Does Sida Do In Guatemala? The rights of women and indigenous peoples Both racism and el machismo are widespreadin guatemala and these mean that indigenous peoples and particularly http://www.sida.se/Sida/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=381&a=17406

55. TVE: Human Rights Catalogue '98 Perhaps the most important thing in guatemala is that indigenous peoples, forthe first time in their history, are now involved in the policy dialogue. http://www.tve.org/humanrights/doc.cfm?aid=374

56. Maya People Of Southern Belize and implement the terms of the peace accord signed on the 31st of march 1995, toguarantee the human rights and dignity of the indigenous peoples of guatemala. http://www.belize.gov.bz/features/maya_guate/welcome.html

Library of Past Features Maya People of Southern Belize Millennium Declaration The Maya Leaders of Southern Belize, on behalf of the Maya Mopan and Maya Q'eqchi' Peoples of Toledo, Belize Recognizing that, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant of on Civil and Political Rights, the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family are the foundation of freedoms, justice and peace in the world; Affirming that, in accordance with the United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, indigenous peoples are equal in dignity and rights to all other peoples; Call upon the State of Guatemala to recognize the border between Belize and Guatemala as agreed to in the Treaty of 1859 by Britain and Guatemala so as to foster peace and stable, productive and cooperative relations between the citizens of the State of Belize and the State of Guatemala and between the indigenous Maya Q'eqchi' and Maya Mopan on both sides of the border; and further

57. MapZones.com People of indigenous Mayan peoples. Westernized Mayans and mestizos (mixed European andindigenous ancestry) are known as Ladinos. Most of guatemala s population is http://www.mapzones.com/world/central_america/guatemala/peopleindex.php

Country Info Guatemala Introduction Guatemala General Data Guatemala Maps Guatemala Culture ... Guatemala Time and Date Guatemala People Back to Top Guatemala’s population, the largest of any Central American country, is 12,974,361 (2001 estimate). It is almost evenly divided between Native Americans and ladinos, but also includes small groups descended from African and European immigrants. Within the population are widely varied ways of life, differing between ladinos and indigenous people, between urban and rural residents, between the more affluent and the very poor. On the basis of cultural traits, the population is divided into two main ethnic groups—Ladinos and Amerindians. The Ladinos comprise those of mixed Hispanic-Amerindian origin in addition to those Amerindians who have adopted Western ways of life. While Amerindians account for some 45 percent of the nation's total population, they make up 75 percent of the population in the western highland provinces. The Ladinos are the more commercially and politically influential group, and they make up most of the urban population. Most of the small number of blacks, called Black Caribs, inhabit the Caribbean lowlands. More than half of Guatemalans are descendants of indigenous Mayan peoples. Westernized Mayans and mestizos (mixed European and indigenous ancestry) are known as Ladinos. Most of Guatemala's population is rural, though urbanization is accelerating. The predominant religion is Roman Catholicism, into which many indigenous Guatemalans have incorporated traditional forms of worship. Protestantism and traditional Mayan religions are practiced by an estimated 40% and 1% of the population, respectively. Though the official language is Spanish, it is not universally understood among the indigenous population. However, the peace accords signed in December 1996 provide for the translation of some official documents and voting materials into several indigenous languages (see summary of main substantive accords).

58. Indigenous Peoples Of Latin America March 31, 1995 “Accord on Identity and Rights of indigenous peoples”. · Recognitionof guatemala s indigenous people as descendants of an ancient people http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~caguirre/210_15.html

HUM 210 Winter 2003 Indigenous Peoples of Latin America Race: “The Floating Signifier” (Stuart Hall) Racial Hierarchies in Latin America : The Whitening Ideal Mestizaje in Latin America : Ideology and reality Indigenismo : Helped overcome scientific racism; sought the “incorporation” of the Indian into the “nation”; espoused a paternalistic and “essentialist” view of the Indian. (Diego Rivera, Manuel Gamio , Luis Valcárcel Ciro Alegría Indigenous populations Today, 40 million of Indigenous peoples in Latin America (10% of the total population; 27% of the rural population) Bolivia : 4.4 million Peru : 10 million Guatemala : 5 million Mexico: 30 million Ecuador : 3.5 million El Salvador Chile Costa Rica Indigenous diversity: More than 400 ethnic groups Languages: There are 56 language families, plus 73 “isolates” (languages without known relatives) [In Europe , there are 2 language families, Indo-European and Finno-Ugric, and 1 isolate, Basque] Brazil Peru Colombia Mexico Structural oppression and racism Excluded from citizenship rights Land deprivation (19 th century liberal laws, Conquest of the Desert, agrarian capitalism)

59. Minorities At Risk (MAR) Analytic Summary The majority of indigenous peoples in guatemala are of Mayan descentand are dispersed throughout the country with the largest populations in http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/data/indguat.htm

Indigenous People of Guatemala Total Population: 12,008,000 (1998 est.) Indigenous Population: 5,043,000 (1998 est.) Percent Indigenous: 42% Capital: Guatemala City Borders: Borders Mexico to the west and north; Belize, the Caribbean Sea, and Honduras to the east; El Salvador to the southwest; and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Area: 42,042 square miles Click here to view General Chronology Risk Assessment Four factors increase the likelihood of future indigenous rebellion in Guatemala: (1) persistent protest in past decade, (2) territorial concentration, (3) high levels of group organization and cohesion, and (4) regime instability in the last five years. Four factors favor the containment of rebellion: (1) its history of democratic elections throughout the 20th century, (2) efforts at negotiation and reform, (3) transnational support for settlement and reform, and (4) lack of serious armed conflicts in neighboring countries. Analytic Summary Indigenous Guatemalans experience demographic stress in the form of deteriorating public health conditions, low caloric intake, and migration both internally and abroad (DEMSTR00 = 8). Economic stresses include social exclusion and limited land access (ECDIS00 = 3). Historical exclusion accounts for limited political access to civil service and high office (POLDIS00 = 3). Political discrimination can also be found in the restrictions of indigenous rights in judicial proceedings.

60. AllRefer Encyclopedia - QuichE (Mesoamerican Indigenous Peoples) - Encyclopedia Pronunciation Key, indigenous peoples of Mayan linguistic stock, in the westernhighlands of guatemala; most important group of the ancient southern Maya. http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/Q/Quiche.html

AllRefer Channels :: Health Yellow Pages Reference Weather SEARCH : in Reference June 09, 2004 You are here : AllRefer.com Reference Encyclopedia Mesoamerican Indigenous Peoples ... QuichE By Alphabet : Encyclopedia A-Z Q QuichE, Mesoamerican Indigenous Peoples Related Category: Mesoamerican Indigenous Peoples QuichE [k E ch A Pronunciation Key , indigenous peoples of Mayan linguistic stock, in the western highlands of Guatemala; most important group of the ancient southern Maya . The largest of the contemporary native groups of Guatemala, numbering over a million, they live principally in the region between Quezaltenango and Chichicastenango . From their origins, as told in the Popol Vuh , the QuichE have retained many ancient traditions, blending them with Western customs to create a distinctive mode of life. Pedro de Alvarado , with the help of the Cakchiquel or Kakchiquel, a neighboring but rival group similar in language and stock, conquered them in 1524. However, the QuichE waged periodic uprisings against both the Spanish and, later, the Guatemalan government. During the political upheaval of the 1970s and 80s in Guatemala, many QuichE fled the country for Mexico and the United States. Studies of modern QuichE communities include Ruth Bunzel, Chichicastenango (1952) and Manning Nash

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