Indigenous Communities from Guatemala

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Maya, Awakateco
Indigenous Group	Maya, Awakateco (Also known as: Aguacateco, Aguacatec)
Location	Guatemala, Western Huehuetenango, Aguacatán
Estimated Population	18,000 (1998, SIL International)
Environment	Highland
Lifestyle	Sedentary
Subsistence	Agriculture
Level of Assimilation	Fairly Traditional
Language Family	Awakateko Classification: Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Mamean, Ixilan Alternate Names: Aguacateco, Aguacatec
Website URLs	Central American Indigenous Communities To Strengthen Ecosystem Management With US$9 Million Grant Convention 169 and the Implementation of the Peace Accords in Guatemala Ethnologue: Awakateko: A Language of Guatemala Fifth Report on the Situation of Human Rights In Guatemala Forgotten People: Internally Displaced Persons in Guatemala Genocide and International Crimes in Domestic Courts: Guatemala Global Exchange: Guatemala Guatemala Displacement and Population Figures Guatemala; A County of Many Languages Guatemala and Mexico: The Maya Today Maya Indigenous Peoples and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Guatemala Instituto Nacional de Estadística Native Web Maya Nation Articles
NGOs	Amnesty International (AI) Centro de lnvestigaciones y Documentacion Maya (CEDIM) Consejo Nacional De Educacion Maya (CNEM) Coordinadora nacional de organizaciones campesinas (CNOC) Defensoria Maya (DEMA) Global Exchange The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) The International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) Native Web Orphan Islands Inc. The Population Council Prevent Genocide International Pueblo Indio - CEA-CISA Refugees International Rights Action