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title	:	Voices From Exile : Violence and Survival in Modern Maya History
author	:	Montejo, Victor.
publisher	:	University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0806131713
print isbn13	:	9780806131719
ebook isbn13	:	9780585146157
language	:	English
subject	Mayas--Wars--Guatemala, Mayas--Crimes against--Guatemala, Mayas--Relocation--Mexico, Political violence--Guatemala, Genocide--Guatemala, Guatemala--Ethnic relations, Guatemala--Politics and government.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	F1434.2.W37M65 1999eb
ddc	:	972.81/004974152
subject	:	Mayas--Wars--Guatemala, Mayas--Crimes against--Guatemala, Mayas--Relocation--Mexico, Political violence--Guatemala, Genocide--Guatemala, Guatemala--Ethnic relations, Guatemala--Politics and government.

Page iii Voices From Exile Violence and Survival in Modern Maya History Victor Montejo UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS : NORMAN

Page iv ALSO BY VICTOR MONTEJO El Q'anil: The Man of Lightning (Carrboro, N.C., 1982, 1984; Palos Verdes, Calif., rev. ed., 1999) Testimony: The Death of a Guatemalan Village (Willimantic, Conn., 1987; San Carlos, Guatemala, 1993) The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables (Willimantic, Conn., 1991, 1995) Brevsima Relacin Testimonial de la Continua Destruccin del Mayab' (Guatemala) (Providence, R.I., 1992) Sculpted Stones, Poems (Willimantic, Conn., 1995) Published with the assistance of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency `which supports the study of such fields as history, philosophy, literature, and language. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Montejo, Victor, 1951 Voices from exile : violence and survival in modern Maya history / Victor Montejo. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8061-3171-3 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. MayasWarsGuatemala. 2. MayasCrimes againstGuatemala. 3. MayasRelocationMexico. 4. Political violenceGuatemala. 5. GenocideGuatemala. 6. GuatemalaEthnic relations. 7. GuatemalaPolitics and government. I. Title. F1434.2.W37M65 1999 972.81'004974152dc21 99-27677 CIP Text design by Trina Stahl The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc. Copyright 1999 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Page v Tet heb' ya' x'oq' yanma Yet xuni elilal, Tet heb' ya' xtzalayih Yet x'ok nha. Oxhimi matxa b'aq'inh Xhjeb'a' kob'ah Xol telaj, Xol q'eb'taj. Hulujab' aq'ank'ulal Ya'a' tzalaoj janma. Por los que lloraron su desgracia cuando salieron al exilio, Pot los que ahora estan contenos por haber retornado a casa. Ojal ya nunca nos escondamos entre los montes, bajo los rboles. Que la paz llegue y nos alegre el corazn.

Page vi For those who felt the pain of going into exile, to those who are now happy for having returned home. We hope that never again we have to hide ourselves in the forests, under the trees. Let peace arrive bringing happiness to our hearts. VICTOR MONTEJO Davis, California March 1998

Page vii Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi 1. The Anthropologist and the Other 3 2. Toward a Maya History of Guatemala 26 3. The Advent of Violence in the Kuchumatan Highlands 42 4. Military Control of the Highlands 60 5. One Man's Testimony 82 6. The Journey to Mexico 105 7. Life in the Refugee Camps 133 8. Strategies of Cultural Survival 144 9. Ethnic Relations and Cultural Revival in the Refugee Camps 184 10. Songs and Poetry from the Camps 205 11. Returning Home 220 12. From the Present into the Future 238 Notes 245 Bibliography 259 Index 277

Page ix Illustrations Photographs Housing at the refugee camp at Villa Cocalito

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