JACALTECO INDIANS IN MEXICO

JACULTECO SPEAK MAYAN AND HAVE ABOUT TWO TRIBES, EASTERN AND WESTERN WHO CAN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. THEY LIVED IN THE MOUNTAINS SINCE PRECOLOMBIAN TIMES AT 1400 M HIGH. IT IS A MARKET CENTER. IT IS "THE PLACE OF THE BIG WHITE ROCK SLABS". IT WAS PHYSICALLY THE MOST REMOTE FROM SPANISH CENTERS. ELECTRICITY CAME IN 1979. THEY STILL HAVE MANY CUSTOMS THATHAVE BEEN LOST ELSEWHERE. THEY USE A BLOW GUN FOR HUNTING.

MUCH OF THEIR LAND WAS TAKEN IN BY GUATEMALA'S FEDERAL GOVERMENT LAND PROGRAMLAND PROGRAM. THEY BECAME MIGRANT LABORERS. IN THE 80'S MANY JAKATEKO RELOCATED TO U.S. TO ESCAPE THIS LOW ECONOMIC SITUATION.

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