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7. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
El Salvador El Salvador lies on the Pacific coast and is the smallest of the Central American countries. Most of the country rests on a fertile volcanic plateau. The development of coffee estates led to the slow but continuous dissolution of most of the… Continue Reading “7. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
5. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
Belize The indigenous people in Belize are concentrated mainly in the south and west of the country, in the Corozal, Cayo, Toledo and Orange Walk districts. They are mostly of two main groups. Various Maya groups and the Garifuna who are mostly African in origin but have taken on Cariban language… Continue Reading “5. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
3. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
Mexico (Chiapas) Inhabited mostly by a majority Maya populations of the closely related Tzotzil and Tzeltal ethnic groups in the highlands, the Chol of the forests in the north who inhabited the whole Usumacinta River valley in the Mayan Classic period, the Toholabal and… Continue Reading “3. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
2. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula) The Mayans in the Yucatán Peninsula call themselves simply Maya. Anthropologists and linguists call their language Yucatec Maya. People of Maya ancestry are about 3 million in the Peninsula but only about 1.2 million speak to varying degree the Maya language.… Continue Reading “2. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
1. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
This is the first part of what will become a seven part series about the modern day Maya peoples in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. Since the arrival of Spanish conquistadors to their lands from the 16th century onward, they have had… Continue Reading “1. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
Nature and Charm in Wendake, Québec City
Wendake, Québec City, Quebec, Canada. 5. June, 2017. In one of the suburbs of Québec City in Canada is L’Ancienne-Lorette. Within that burrough can be found the Native American Huron-Wendat First Nation of Wendake with 3,000 members. A well to do but a small… Continue Reading “Nature and Charm in Wendake, Québec City”
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Bill passes to give Six Virginia Native American tribes federal recognition
Posted on 19. January, 2018 by Man in the World
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A very interesting article about a federal recognition for Native American groups in Virginia. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate has sent a bill to the president’s desk that would give six Virginia Native American tribes federal recognition. U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner… Continue Reading “Bill passes to give Six Virginia Native American tribes federal recognition”
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Category: Native Americans, Political CommentaryTags: Algonquians, Native Americans, Powhatans, Virginia