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Full Issue - Maya America V1, I1
Full Issue - Maya America V1, I1
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Full issue of Maya America, the inaugural issue - volume 1, issue 1.
When Skiills And Knowledge Are Not Enough, Nitz' Ama' Y .
When Skiills And Knowledge Are Not Enough, Nitz' Ama' Y .
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Although the author received his GED diploma and has taken courses to be able to interpret from native K'iche' language to the English language; he has been unable to work as an interpreter due to the lack of the social security number.
The Maya Classroom In Diaspora: Blending Community-Based Research And Advocacy In Champaign County, Illinois, Korinta Maldonado, Ryan Shosted
The Maya Classroom In Diaspora: Blending Community-Based Research And Advocacy In Champaign County, Illinois, Korinta Maldonado, Ryan Shosted
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Over the past ten years, professors and students from the University of Illinois have collaborated with the rapidly growing population of Maya residents in Champaign County, Illinois to develop opportunities to use, preserve, and pass on their linguistic and cultural skills
Ser Maya En El Tiempo Y Espacio Actual, Daniel Caño
Ser Maya En El Tiempo Y Espacio Actual, Daniel Caño
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
This first essay witten by one of Guatemala's well known Maya poets expores what it means to be Maya today, across the contemporary diaspora. His title and topic "Ser Maya en el Tiempo y Espacio Actual" inspired our theme title: "To Be Maya Across Time and Space"
From There To Here: My Maya Journey And Life In America, Carmelina M. Cadena
From There To Here: My Maya Journey And Life In America, Carmelina M. Cadena
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
In this personal commentary, Carmelina tell how she fled Guatemala when a small child, walking the journy with her mother.
Native American Connections, Maya Resistance, And Escape From Guatemala: Jeronimo Camposeco's Autobiography, Jeronimo Camposeco
Native American Connections, Maya Resistance, And Escape From Guatemala: Jeronimo Camposeco's Autobiography, Jeronimo Camposeco
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Jeronimo has been an activist for Maya justice since the 1960s, and a long-time Maya leader in exile. Jeronimo in this essay will discuss his experiences with Maya and U.S. Native American alliances in the 1970s and1980s, and the beginnings of government violence.
La Vida En Los Estados Unidos Para Los Mayas Guatemaltecos, Henry Omar Vicente
La Vida En Los Estados Unidos Para Los Mayas Guatemaltecos, Henry Omar Vicente
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
El Maya intenta hablar el español para comunicarse con el latino, pero al hacerlo se da cuenta que es rechazado, es burlado.
Measuring Levels On Collectivism And Individualism With One Maya Volunteer, David J. Galban, Gilberto Simon
Measuring Levels On Collectivism And Individualism With One Maya Volunteer, David J. Galban, Gilberto Simon
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Measuring levels of collectivism and individualism among Maya living in the United States will help us understand, among other variables, their struggles, and the consequences of migrating to the most individualist nation on earth.
The Rabbit And The Goat: A Trickster's Tale Of Transnational Migration Of Mayas To The United States Of America (El Norte), Victor D. Montejo
The Rabbit And The Goat: A Trickster's Tale Of Transnational Migration Of Mayas To The United States Of America (El Norte), Victor D. Montejo
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Victor Montejo analyzes and interprets this Maya folktale as a way of explaining current transnational migration and dislocation in Maya communities. Through the story and the discussion, we see the many aspects of Maya migration, Guatemalan ethnic relations, and the power of modern global capitalism. Written from the standpoint of the year 2009, “The Rabbit and the Goat” establishes a strong marker in time and allows the reader deep insights into the present.
Maya Indigeneity In The Public School System: Institutional Barriers Between Educators And Students, Anna Tussey
Maya Indigeneity In The Public School System: Institutional Barriers Between Educators And Students, Anna Tussey
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
This essay focuses on the theoretical conclusions drawn from a larger study on the education of Guatemalan-Maya students in a North Georgia public school system
The Impact Of Community Partnerships On Maya Children's Identity, Joel B. Judd, Sheryl Ludwig
The Impact Of Community Partnerships On Maya Children's Identity, Joel B. Judd, Sheryl Ludwig
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
In Alamosa, Colorado, partnerships among university faculty, school teachers, a local non-profit, and Maya families established programs over several years thart enabled students to develop and assert their identity in school, while assisting parents in cultivating aspects of Maya identity at home and in the community.
Laja’B’Kanal Yet’ Ko’ Q’In, The Lasting Dances Of Our Fiestas: Music Embodiment As A Collective Memory Of The Maya Diaspora, Juan G. Francisco Cristobal
Laja’B’Kanal Yet’ Ko’ Q’In, The Lasting Dances Of Our Fiestas: Music Embodiment As A Collective Memory Of The Maya Diaspora, Juan G. Francisco Cristobal
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
The purpose of this article is to shed light on the music embodiment and collective memory of the Maya Diaspora, focusing on the Maya Q’anjob’al communities in the United States
Maya America: Introduction To The Journal Of Essays, Commentary, And Analysis, James Loucky
Maya America: Introduction To The Journal Of Essays, Commentary, And Analysis, James Loucky
Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis
Twenty years ago, the first account of the emerging transnational scope of the Maya, The Maya Diaspora: Guatemalan Roots, New American Lives (2000), focused on the roots and emerging realities of Maya migration. Much has changed in a short time. While lives and identities continue to involve intergenerational connections to the south, they are also increasingly ones that reflect an intersection of indigenous, intercultural, and transnational experiences. Ultimately, it is hoped that Maya America will serve to reveal how greatly interconnected are the Americas, through processes of social and cultural evolution, history, and demography, and through assertions of rights of …