Oregon Latino Heritage

Being Maya Quiché

Title
Being Maya Quiché
LC Subject
Interviews Excavations (Archaeology) Guatemala--History--Civil War, 1960-1996 Latinos in the United States
Local Collection ID
UA142
Repository
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Donor
Ledesma, Erica
Interviewee
Aguilar, Emiliana
Interviewer
Ledesma, Erica
Description
This documentary that explores the life of Emiliana Aguilar, a Maya Quiché woman from Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala who arrived to Oregon in 2002 due to health problems that were the consequence of living and growing up in Guatemala during the war (1960-1996). This film explores the motives behind her arrival, her childhood experience marked by the civil war, and preserving and transmitting her language and cultural traditions, all which have been shaped by her strong Maya identity.
Date
2015
Identifier
UA142_erica_ledesma_testimony
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
Erica Ledesma Emiliana Aguilar
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Language
English Spanish | Castilian
Local Collection Name
Latino Roots collection
Series Name
Emiliana Aguilar, testimony
Type
Collection
Format
application/xml
Set
Oregon Latino Heritage
Primary Set
Oregon Latino Heritage
Institution
University of Oregon
Modified
2015-05-25