There are roughly 6 million direct Maya descendants living in Mexico and Central America, many of whom still speak Mayan dialects, practice ancient shamanism and prepare centuries-old recipes.

About 30 Mayan languages are still spoken by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. Some are spoken by hundreds of thousands of people; some by fewer than 5,000. The highly ...

what matters is that they realize that the Mayan language is strong and that many children speak it. I would like to see children no longer be afraid to express themselves in their language. If one ...

Patricia Váz-quez Gómez has worked closely with youth and families in Oregon’s Mayan Indigenous diaspora. A multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Portland and Mexico City, she collaborated on ...