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    became known to the outside world when Lacandóns led American photographer Giles Healy there in 1946. A few Lacandon continue their traditional religious...
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  • Lacandon may refer to: the Lacandon people, one of the contemporary Maya peoples the Lakandon Ch'ol, a historic Maya people the Lacandon language, the...
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    the people and the Lacandon Jungle. The couple's efforts, along with those of Lacandon activist Chan Kin, have spurred the Lacandons to work to preserve...
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  • Lacandon (Jach-tʼaan in the revised orthography of the Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas) is a Mayan language spoken by all of the 1,000 Lacandon...
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    a k'in ('sun')-infix, sometimes in the very eyes. Among the southern Lacandons, Kinich Ahau continued to play a role in narrative well into the second...
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    Chiapas (section Lacandons)
    rainforest area, the Lacandons. Environmental groups state that the settlements pose grave risks to what remains of the Lacandon, while the Zapatistas...
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    The Tenejapa-Lacandón Formation is a geological formation and lagerstätte in southern Mexico and western Guatemala. It preserves fossils dating to the...
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  • The Sierra del Lacandón is a low karstic mountain range in Guatemala and Mexico. It is situated in the north-west of the department of El Petén and the...
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    bring him to earth forever. Kisin is the name of the death god among the Lacandons as well as the early colonial Choles, kis being a root with meanings like...
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    the raising of the sky and the erection of the five World Trees. The Lacandons also knew the tale of the creation of the Underworld. The Popol Vuh gives...
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    groups are the Lacandon, a small population avoiding contact with outsiders until the late 20th century by living in small groups in the Lacandon Jungle. These...
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    Maya religion. The names are mainly taken from the books of Chilam Balam, Lacandon ethnography, the Madrid Codex, the work of Diego de Landa, and the Popol...
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    The Lacandon sea catfish (Potamarius nelsoni) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Barton Warren Evermann and Edmund Lee...
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  • Maya religion Chuj religion Cult of The Talking Cross Huastec religion Lacandon religion Mazatec religion Maximon Mopan religion Pech religion Q'eqchi'...
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  • Chʼortiʼ, Itza, Kʼicheʼ, Qʼeqchiʼ, Xinca, Tektitek, Huastecan, Mopan, Lacandon, Chontal, Akatek, Jakaltek, Qʼanjobʼal, Tzeltal, Mochoʼ, Tojolab'al, Mam...
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    Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, most indigenous communities in the Lacandon forest were already politically active and had practice in dealing with...
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    impactor. Timeline of Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event research Tenejapa-Lacandón Formation Nadir crater List of impact structures on Earth List of possible...
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    the maize can be obtained from several different materials. Among the Lacandon Maya who inhabited the tropical lowland regions of eastern Chiapas, the...
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    have stopped the extraction of oil, uranium, timber and metal from the Lacandon Jungle and stopped the use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers in farming...
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    the Lacantún River. At the eastern end of the Central Highlands is the Lacandon Forest, this region is largely mountainous with lowland tropical plains...
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    traditional Shamanistic practices. Indeed, Wixaritari, along with the Lacandons and other ethnic minorities in the country, have fought for their religious...
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    Lakandon Chʼol were a former Chʼol-speaking Maya people inhabiting the Lacandon Jungle in what is now Chiapas in Mexico and the bordering regions of northwestern...
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  • crossbreeding of a male Siberian tiger and a female jaguar from the southern Lacandon Jungle produced a male tiguar named Mickey. Mickey was on exhibition at...
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  • The Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle (Spanish: Sexta Declaración de la Selva Lacandona) was a manifesto issued by the Zapatista Army of National...
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    people Aguacatec Cochimí Cocopah Ixcatec Ixil Kaqchikel K'iche' Kikapú3 Kiliwa Kumeyaay Lacandon Motozintlec Opata Paipai Qʼeqchiʼ Seri Tohono Oʼodham...
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    domestication; one said that there were two foci for domestication, one in the Lacandon Jungle area of Mexico and another in lowland South America.[citation needed]...
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    insects. Costus spicatus has several traditional uses. According to the Lacandon Maya, Costus spicatus increases soil fertility, is edible, and is a medicine...
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    (metnal) to be tormented there (a view still held by the 20th-century Lacandons), while others, such as those led by the goddess Ixtab, went to a sort...
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  • expedition to uncover the Maya lost city of Sac Balam located deep in the Lacandon Jungle of Chiapas, Mexico. 12.4 "Riches of Spain's Pirate King" December 6...
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    Mexico Cayuvava 650 Bolivia Bolivia Chácobo-Pakawara 600 Bolivia Bolivia Lacandon 600 Mexico Mexico Oneida 574 Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation...
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