Open Educational Resources

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La leyenda maya del colibrí

La leyenda maya del colibrí

Description: Mayan myth about the hummingbird. Teaching ideas: Use the myth genre as a lens to explore ideas about the relationship between humans and nature. Students can also write a myth about another species of their...
El Mito del Dios Maíz

El Mito del Dios Maíz

Description: This documentary tells the story of the birth, death, and triumphant resurrection of the maize god, the oldest deity on the American continent. The myth embodies the values of agrarian communities and has shaped their labor and ritual practices over...
Archive of Indigenous languages of Latin America

Archive of Indigenous languages of Latin America

https://ailla.utexas.org Description:AILLA is a digital archive that preserves and provides access to recordings and texts of Indigenous languages from Latin America. Its mission is to protect these materials and make them accessible to Indigenous communities,...
“Karst”

“Karst”

By Ajanbel (Maya) Description: A bilingual Maya-Spanish rap project from the city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto in Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is inspired by the environmental and social history of the Maya territory in the Yucatán Peninsula. This particular song focuses on...