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Anthropology

a la izquierda

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4. I have a PhD in history, specializing in Latin American indigenous peoples.

Reply to iemitsu (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:18 PM

Sep 2012

An indigenous woman in Chajul, Guatemala in the colonial period would have been a K'iche speaker, most likely.
But I am very glad someone is teaching HS kids about this. My students literally know zero about Latin America, and I teach at a fairly prestigious university.

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this is so cool. iemitsu Sep 2012 #1

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ok, i was being sloppy. iemitsu Sep 2012 #3

I have a PhD in history, specializing in Latin American indigenous peoples. a la izquierda Sep 2012 #4

the course i teach is supposed to be a comparative at the americas iemitsu Sep 2012 #5

I get paid to teach... a la izquierda Sep 2012 #6

:) iemitsu Sep 2012 #7

this was a lovely exchange I must say Voice for Peace Sep 2012 #8

Cool! There was a lot going on in the Americas pre-Columbus Retrograde Sep 2012 #9