A Maya Elder on the Importance of Knowing Your Past

Don't forget the teachings of the ancestors. In their paths we will find hope for the future.

Maya elder, speaking of the need to maintain Mayan ethnicity in the face of the conflict in Guatemala. Quoted in Victor D. Montejo (1997), "The Pan-Mayan Movement, Mayans at the doorway of the new millenium." Cultural Survival Quarterly 21(2):28.