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Growth of Oakland’s Guatemalan community sparks interest in Mam

Global Nation Education

In Oakland, Calif., there’s a growing number of Guatemalan migrants and asylum seekers. Some speak an Indigenous language — Mam. One class offered at a community college helps English and Spanish speakers learn the language.

Letter from US government in focus, being held up by a man who is out of focus behind it

The government says Border Patrol agents in the Southwest speak Spanish — but many migrants speak Indigenous languages

Immigration

For Mexico’s Maya people, baseball, or bax’abola, a way of life

Arts, Culture & Media

Bax’abola: Maya Baseball Takes off in the US

Arts, Culture & Media
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End of the World Celebrants Gather at Mayan Pyramid

Arts, Culture & Media
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Predicting the End of the World

The Mayan Long Count Calendar comes to the end of its 5125-year cycle. New age prophecies, based on the ancient calendar, warn the world will end when the cycle concludes in December 2012. Living on Earth’s Bruce Gellerman travels to the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza to track down the truth.

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Slideshow: Ancient Mayan ‘Place of Bats’

Arts, Culture & Media

An abandoned Mayan city in northern Guatemala is the subject of today’s geo-quiz. Its name is derived from the millions of bats that live there. Aaron Schachter learns more about the city and its bats, from Brown University archaeologist, Stephen Houston.

Deciphering Mayan Calendar Records

Excavations at the ancient Maya city of Xultun in Guatemala have revealed a remarkable find; centuries old calendar calculations.

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Mayan Stone Engraving and the End of the World

Arts, Culture & Media

For Friday’s Geo Quiz name the city where a stone engraving supposedly predicts the end of the world. Hint: You might find a swim-up bar nearby.

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Guatemala Looking to Cash On 2012 Doomsday Theory

Global Politics

People in Guatemala, the Maya heartland, are not buying the doomsday tale, though some so hope to cash in on it.

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