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Professor of Anthropology Kay B. Warren defended Rigoberta Menchu's autobiography as a testimonial of a shared Mayan experience in a speech at the Peabody Museum last night...
Both Middlebury College Professor David Stoll and The New York Times have recently questioned the accuracy of Menchu's account...
...when she was 23, Rigoberta Menchu, a Quiche Mayan, dictated I, Rigoberta Menchu to an anthropologist. Menchu said it was a narrative account of her experience during the Guatemalan civil war. 80,000 civilians died in the 36-year war, which lasted until...
...Menchu received the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts in support of indigenous peoples' rights...
According to Gustafson, what is worrisome about Menchu's exposure is that it might put into question the credibility of other witnesses to the crises in Guatemala...