Indigenous Communities from Guatemala

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Maya, Mam
Indigenous Group	Maya, Mam (Also known as: Mam, Central, Mam, Northern, Mam, Southern, Mam, Tajumulco, Mam, Todos Santos Cuchumatán)
Location	Guatemala, Mam, Central: Region San Marcos Department (10 towns). The towns of San Miguel Ixtahuacán (18,000) and Concepción Tutapa (30,000) Mam, Northern: Region Western Huehuetenango Department (San Sebastián and other towns) and San Marcos Department; 17 towns Mam, Southern: Region Quetzaltenango Department (9 towns), Retalhuleu Department (1 town); Western Ostuncalco area (San Juan Ostuncalco, San Martín Sacatepéquez, and other towns) Mam, Tajumulco: Region San Marcos Department, Tajumulco and Ixchiguán towns Mam, Todos Santos Cuchumatán: Region Huehuetenango Department, town of Todos Santos Cuchumatán
Estimated Population	Mam, Central: 100,000 (1992, SIL International) Mam, Northern: 200,279 (2000, WCD) Mam, Southern: 125,000 (1991, SIL International) Mam, Tajumulco: 35,000 (1992, SIL International) Mam, Todos Santos Cuchumatán: 50,000 (1998, SIL International)
Habitat	Highland / Tropical / Savannah / Forest / Mountain / Coastal / Rainforest
Lifestyle	Sedentary
Subsistence	Handicraft Sales / Agriculture / Paid Labour / Eco Tourism
Level of Assimilation	Fairly Traditional
Language Family	Mam, Central Classification: Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Mamean, Mamean Alternate Names: Comitancillo Mam, Western Mam, Mam Occidental, Mam Marquense, San Marcos Comitancillas Mam Dialects: Lexical similarity 77% between Tajumulco and Comitancillo Mam, Northern Classification: Quichean-Mamean, Greater Mamean, Mamean Alternate Names: Huehuetenango Mam Mam, Southern Classification: Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Mamean, Mamean Alternate Names: San Juan Ostuncalco Mam, Ostuncalco Mam, Quetzaltenango Mam, Mam Quetzalteco Dialects: San Martín Sacatepéquez Mam (San Martín Chile Verde Mam) Mam, Tajumulco Classification: Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Mamean, Mamean Dialects: Very different from Central Mam. Lexical similarity 77% with Comitancillo Mam, Todos Santos Cuchumatán Classification: Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Mamean, Mamean
Website URLs	CAUSE Canada: Todos Santos 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: Languages 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 Guatemala: A Brief History Guatemala Displacement and Population Figures Guatemala; A Country of Many Languages Guatemala and Mexico: The Maya Today Mam Civic Improvement Projects in Todos Santos Hispanic Heritage In The Americas: Maya Indigenous Peoples and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Guatemala Mayan Costumes of Guatemala Native Web Maya Nation Articles Zaculeu
NGOs	Amnesty International (AI) CAUSE Canada Centro de lnvestigaciones y Documentacion Maya (CEDIM) Change for Children 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) Maya Educational Foundation Native Web Orphan Islands Inc. The Population Council Prevent Genocide International Pueblo Indio - CEA-CISA Refugees International South and Meso American Indian Rights Center The Alliance for International Reforestation (AIR) Institucion Mam de Desarrollo Integral (IMDI)