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Herrera Pena, Guillermina; Raymundo, Jorge Manuel – Cultural Survival Quarterly, 1998
Guatemala is overhauling its justice system to be more congruent with its indigenous reality. A Rafael Landivar University program trains indigenous legal translators not only in legal and linguistic aspects, but also in strengthening indigenous identity and student commitment to the community. Challenges and future plans are described. A former…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Bilingualism, College Programs, Courts
de la Torre Lopez, Antonio – Cultural Survival Quarterly, 1998
In Chiapas (Mexico), the public schools call themselves bilingual, but in reality they consider traditional languages inferior and teach only in Spanish. Sna Jtz'ibajom, a Chiapas group that preserves Mayan culture through oral and written literature, founded a community school that has taught over 2,000 men, women, and children to read and write…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Cultural Maintenance, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Change