Bibliography for Mayan Nationalism

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the
  Caribbean.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1992.
 

Fischer, Edward F. and R. McKenna Brown, eds.  Maya Cultural
  Activism in Guatemala.  Austin, TX:  University of Texas 
  Press, Institute of Latin American Studies, 1996.

This book discussed the Mayan civilization as a whole.  It gives extensive information into the civilization.  The language used in the Mayan civilization is also discussed as well as La Violencia.
 

Giese, Paula.  “Five Hundred Years of Sacrifice Before Alien
  Gods.”  [On-line].  Updated 6 August 1996.  Available from
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maya/menchu.html[8 October 2000]. 
 
 

This site contains the script from a 1992 interview with Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan refugee, author, and Nobel Peace Prize recepient.  It will be helpful to the web page because we intend to include information about Rigoberta Menchu and her book.  The site also includes recent newsbytes, links to relevant web sites, and access to the autobiography of Rigoberta Menchu.
 

Global Exchange.  [On-line].  Available from http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/guatemala/history.html
[6 October 2000].

This site gives a brief history of Guatemala and the Mayan culture.  It also included recent history and events from the country.  It will be useful in giving information about things that are happening in Guatemala now and what effect it may have on Mayans today.
 
 

"Guatemala: Review 2000."  Quest Economics Database: Americas
   Review World of Information,September 4, 2000.  Database 
   on-line. Available from Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.

Summary for this article is located on the current events page of this website.
 
 

 “Lake Atitlan…the most beautiful lake in the world”. 
    [On-line].  Duncan Aktkin 2000.  Available at
    http://www.atitlan.com  [6 October 2000]. 

This site gives information about Guatemalan travel.  It gives links to all information for travel in Guatemala and includes pictures.  It will be useful for our web site because we also wanted to include travel.
 
 

“Maya Civilization.”  [On-line].  Updated 13 August 1997. 
  Available from www.civilization.ca/membrs/civiliz/maya/mmc01eng.html [8 October 2000].

This site provides basic information on many aspects of Mayan society and history.  In addition it provides helpful links to background information for people, geography, culture, cities, and recent movements in the Mayan world.
 

"Maya Indians ambushed after talking to rights workers, one dead."Agence France Presse,February 23, 1998. Database on line.  Available from Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.

Summary for this article is located on the current events page of this website.
 
 

“Native Web.”  [On-line].  Available from www.nativeweb.org  [8 October 2000].

Native Web will be useful for our website because it serves as a database for news and current issues among indigenous peoples.  It includes a search engine to locat articles on Mayan Nationalism and also background information on Mayan struggles.
 

Navarro, Miereya.  Guatemala Voters Appear to Reject Rights
    for Mayas.  International Herald Tribune, May 18,1999. 
    Database on-line.  Available from Lexis-Nexis Academic
    Universe.

Summary provided on the current events page of this website.
 

Roesch, Wayne Parrott. “Directory of Web Pages in Guatemala.” 
  [On-line].  Updated 30 December 1995.  Available from http://mars.cropsoil.uga.edu/trop-ag/guatem.htm [6 October 2000].

This site will be useful in that it’s the most extensive directory of web pages on Guatemala.  There are several subjects to choose from such as:  art, business, country facts, health, history, recreation, weather forecast, and more.  It will be a good source to get general information about Guatemala.
 

Tecún, Tomás Sén .  "Maya Movement: Towards Justice and
     Participation. 1999." [On-line].  Available from 
     http://www.igc.org/isla/guate2.html  [3 Dec. 2000].
 

     This source is an article detailing recent developments in the Maya movement for greater equality and recognition.  It's focus is a talk given by Maya activist Tomás Sén Tecún in Berkeley's La Peña  Cultural Institution on November 5, 1998. 
 

Warren, Kay B.  Pan-Mayanism and Multiculturalism in Guatemala. 1998. Available from:
  http://www.soc.jhu.edu/ladark/GUATCONF/warren.htm 

     This source provides an essay regarding the history and recent developments of Mayan Nationalist movements along with an analysis of the emerging Pan-Mayanism which is serving to unify the struggle for Mayan Nationalsim in Guatemala and throughout Latin America. 
 

Warren, Kay B., ed. The Violence Within:  Cultural and
  Political Opposition in Divided Nations.  Boulder, CO: 
   Westview Press,1993.

This book is a compilation of essays written by several different authors concerning civil unrest in nations.  There is an essay entitled “Interpreting in La Violencia in Guatemala:  Shapes of Mayan Silence and Resistance” written by the editor Kay B. Warren.  In the essay the author examines the impact of the war between the military and guerilla forces had on those that were on the outside.  She also takes a look at the war and how it impacted the story tellers and the new stories that they were going to tell about the war.
 

World Geographic Encyclopedia.  New York:  McGraw-Hill Inc.,
      1994.
 

Zubieta, Celina.  "Rights-Guatemala: Controversy over
    Indigenous Laws." Inter Press Service,September 4, 1998.
    Database on-line.  Available from Lexis-Nexis Academic
    Universe.

Summary provided on the current events page of this website.
 
 

Zur, Judith.  Violent Memories:  Mayan War Widows in
  Guatemala. Boulder, CO:  Westview Press, 1998.

This book takes the lives of many Mayan widows and their families and puts them into writing.  Due to security reasons, Zur discussed how she was unable to include the names of families in the material.  This book also discussed everything during the time before “la violencia” to everything that happened as a cause of it.  The book also discussed the treatment of people throughout the whole event.