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» Travel: Guatemala

Among the Maya

The Exotic Guatemalan Highlands

Text and photography by Hilary Wallace

 From the lakeside villages of Atitlán to the austere, windswept valleys of Paquix and the fertile green checkerboard of the milpas (corn fields), the Guatemalan Highlands encompass some of the most breathtaking scenery in the Americas. These exotic lands also harbor Central America’s most extensive Native cultures, descended from the original Maya people.


» 1999 Spring
By Site Editor | Published 10/12/1999 | Glass , 1999 , Maya , Tlingit , Inuit , Pueblo

\ON THE COVER
The vivid yellow, red and jade colors of this Cakchiquel Maya girl’s home in San Antonio Palopo, on the shores of Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan, are not happenstance. They were carefully chosen by her father, Don Juan. Color in the Maya world helps govern cultural and spiritual life.

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» 1997 Fall
By Site Editor | Published 09/26/1997 | 1997 , Gwich’in , Maya , Tlingit , Hopi

10th Anniversary Issue
ON THE COVER
Ten years have elapsed for Beverly Takala and her son Kevin between their portraits on the cover of our first issue and the current issue.

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» 1996 Summer
By Site Editor | Published 06/1/1996 | Textiles/Weaving , Basketry , 1996 , Wounaan , Diné , Comanche , Inca , Oglala , Maya , Tewa , Choctaw , Navajo
ON THE COVER
“There I am!” Sophia Lovato proclaims proudly of her self-portrait, as one of a group of Tewa children learning to express themselves through their artwork.

» 1994 Spring
By Site Editor | Published 04/1/1994 | 1994 , Coast Salish , Lenape (Delaware) , Maya
ON THE COVER
Tarahumara ultrarunners of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, Cerrildo Chacarito (front) and Victoriano Churro, winners of the Leadville Trail 100, an ultramarathon held annually in Colorado. Photo by Rick Fisher.

» 1990 Fall
By Site Editor | Published 09/1/1990 | 1990 , Maya , Sioux , Osage , Pueblo
ON THE COVER
A team runner, Dave Little Bear of Kyle, South Dakota, pushes himself past Mato Tipila Paha (the Bear Lodge, also known as Devil’s Tower) during the Sacred Hoop 500-Mile Run. Photo by Eric Haase.

» 2005 September/October
By Site Editor | Published 09/28/2005 | Fetishes , Dance , 2005 , Metis , Diné , Maya , Zuni , Ute , Chippewa , Apache , Anishinaabe , Pueblo , Navajo , Mohawk

ON THE COVER
Rulan Tangen (Metis) is one of the stable of high-energy, talented and ambitious young Native contemporary dancers taking the world’s stages by storm. Fashions by Marama—Kingi Davis and Tracey Lloydd (Ngapuhi Tribe, Aotearoa). Photo by Richard Bluecloud Castaneda Salt River Pima.

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» 2002 September/October

 ON THE COVER
Anishinaabe Actor Adam Beach

This rising young film star from the Saulteaux Tribe of Canada has come a long way from the mean streets of Manitoba to the lush hills of Hollywood. The lead of Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, Smoke Signals and Windtalkers next plays the role of Jim Chee in Skinwalkers.

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» 2001 November/December
By Site Editor | Published 11/1/2001 | 2001 , Maya , Tlingit , Inuit , Hopi , Navajo


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