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The Young Woman of Amajac [1] [2] (Spanish: La joven de Amajac, pronounced in Spanish) is a pre-Hispanic sculpture depicting an indigenous woman. It was discovered by farmers in January 2021 in the Huasteca region, in eastern Mexico. It is not known who it may symbolize, although researchers consider it to be a goddess or a ruler.
Indigenous women are often taken advantage of because they are women, indigenous, and usually poor. [68] Indigenous traditions have been used as a pretext by the Mexican government to deny rights to Indigenous women, such as the right to own land. Additionally, violence against women has been regarded by the Mexican government as a cultural ...
Indigenous women migrated to the capital for two main reasons: to work in the households of Spanish colonizers and to seek husbands, as mestizo status offered them greater security. [ 15 ] Matrilineal heritage of rule
Since few women traveled to the New World, native females were considered a treasure that needed to be Christianized. It is believed that there were ulterior motives in the Christianization of indigenous individuals, especially women. Conquistadores were quick to convert the women and distribute them amongst themselves. [9]
Marina or Malintzin [maˈlintsin] (c. 1500 – c. 1529), more popularly known as La Malinche [la maˈlintʃe], a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521), by acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. [1]
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Spanish: [riɣoˈβeɾta menˈtʃu]; born 9 January 1959) [1] is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, [2] and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. . Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996), and to promoting Indigenous rights international
Typically, women gather vegetation such as fruits, roots, and seeds. Women would often prepare the food. Men would use weapons and tools to hunt animals such as buffalos. [3] It would not be expected women to participate in hunting, [4] but their roles as mothers is important.
In 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) became “a catalyst for indigenous women's organization in Mexico” and created “The Women's Revolutionary Law." Their example of indigenous feminism led the way for other indigenous tribes, such as the Mayans, Quechuas, and Quiches. [13] Zapatista women were made public in 1994.