Guatemala

Discusses the expectations and ceremonies planned by Mayan priests' for the end of the "long-count" calendar cycle on December 21, 2012.

Discusses how the Indigenous Mayans are planning to pray, and celebrate the change of the 2012 cycle.

Discusses the mural in a chamber in Xultún that confirms the Mayan calendar does not predict that the world will end.

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 2006.

Data collected from 15 study participants living in three different communities indicates a hierarchy of barriers with the barrier of geography appearing to be the first and most difficult to overcome. Subsequent barriers include cost, perceived quality of care, trust of medical provider and available time.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado, 2006.

Mass Communications Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007.

Case study on a small Indigenous community, in Guatemala, that held a vote on whether to allow a Canadian mining company the right to work on its territory.

Report addresses call from United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues (UNPFII) for United Nations agencies and the United States to contribute to the study of violence against girls and women, particularly in areas where armed conflict is taking place.

Originally published 2000.

Originally published 2000.

Indigenous youth discuss the changes needed by the state as they celebrate Oxlajuj B'ak'tun.

Discussion about the end of the Oxlajuj B'aq'tun and the start of a new era that should be seen as an opportunity for positive renewal to generate changes in society.

Latin American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2005.

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005.

An analysis of the similarity of ideologies between capitalism and communism for Indigenous communities.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Statistics reveal inequalities exist in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru among both Indigenous peoples and linguistic minorities.

Discusses how the Guatemalan community radio station plays an important role in providing information and preserving values pertaining to the various Indigenous cultures.

Discusses the community resistance to a hydroelectric project in Guatemala, the death of a community leader, President Molina's response, and military retaliation to the conflict.

Discusses community consultation processes and campaigns to organize environmentally responsible mining practices.

Looks at how the Marlin Mine in San Miguel is destroying the environment as well as conflicting with the quality of life.

Reports on the effectiveness of traditional medical practices and how modern and traditional methods can often compliment each other.

Editorial introduction to this issue on decolonizing systems of teaching and learning, educational spaces and the enactment of culture, and pedagogies of wholeness.

Discusses the relationship between the Mayan concept of Jun Winaq, Indigenous education, and citizenship discourse in the Guatemalan context.

Discusses how the "Day of the Dead" celebration integrates many Mayan practices with Catholic rituals.

Discusses the value of community radio stations in the revitalization of an endangered languages.

Looks at different migrations and changes to the Mayan identity as a result of violence in the 1980s and their return to Guatemala to rebuild their society. To access this article, scroll down to page 18.

Book review of: For Every Indio Who Falls by Betsy Konefal. Review located by scrolling to page 187.

Latin American History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2003.

See Part 3: "Knowledge Sovereignty: Indigenous Resistance and Resiliencies".

Speaker discusses the genocide of Mayan people committed by military forces during the thirty-year civil war and efforts to engage in a process of reparations and reconciliation. Duration: 21:12.

Introduces articles in issue.

Article compares the processes and findings of the Truth Commissions in Canada and Guatemala; discusses how the idea and crime of genocide appears in national narratives, and how the findings of these commissions are part of a larger evolution of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention.

Book review of: Global Coloniality of Power in Guatemala by Egla Martínez-Salazar.

Examines the impact of mining operations on the health of an Indigenous community.

Hurricane Stan (2005), which affected mostly poor Indians and left hundreds dead and missing, occurred between two other natural disasters and virtually went unnoticed and poorly reported on.

Comments on the necessity of a reparations program that will address the psychosocial affects of abuse, although the atrocities will never be forgotten.

Discusses a community referendum for Indigenous people to voice their right to consent to development.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Vanderbilt University, 2006.

Discusses issues raised by Indigenous peoples on crimes against humanity.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New York at Buffalo, 2002

Study uses focus group data from two communities to explore gender and intra-household power dynamics as they relate to child-rearing practices and to nutritional decision-making.