By Julia Nee A mother dekerneling corn, submitted by a Zapotec language learner as part of a Photovoice project where students were asked to take a picture of “what speaking Zapotec means to me.” (Photo courtesy of Julia Nee). In Teotitlán del Valle in southern Mexico, there are many people who desire to use and... Continue Reading →
By Ana Lucía Tello Attendees of the fourth annual Quechua Alliance Meeting. (Photo courtesy of Quechua at Penn). Spoken by 8-10 million people in the Andes, Quechua is the most widely spoken indigenous language in the Americas, yet it is still considered endangered. As scholars Kendall King and Nancy Hornberger argue, “data from a range... Continue Reading →
By Esteban Mirón Marván Professors at the UIET in Oxolotán after a workshop on Classic Maya archaeology led by the author. (Photo courtesy of Esteban Mirón Marván). Archaeologists in the Maya region have exploited the heritage and history of the contemporary indigenous Maya peoples for more than a century. For the last eight decades federal... Continue Reading →
