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Montejo, Victor D. – Native Americas, 1999
The history of anthropology among the Maya consists of both the literal exploitation of archaeological finds and the appropriation of Maya culture and history by the Western academic world to construct distorted theories of the Maya past. In the ultimate disgrace, some Mayan priests are training White anthropologists to become shamans themselves…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Studies, Anthropology
