Two Indigenous poets, one from Guatemala and the other from Mexico, tell attendees at an event at Salt Lake Community College about the cultural importance of their native languages.
Miguel Ángel Oxlaj Cúmez, left, and Rosa Maqueda Vincente, Indigenous poets from Guatemala and Mexico, respectively, speak at an event, “Mother Tongues and Their Right to Coexist,” at Salt Lake Community College on Feb. 21, 2024.
The event focused on languages in Latin America, and the systemic erasure and importance of Indigenous languages. Both poets speaking detailed the stories of their respective languages, and the roots of erasure and discovery. Carolina Bloem, associate professor of Spanish at SLCC and director of its Center for Latin American Studies, said language can be a tool of resistance. While some may not realize it, she said, Spanish has become a tool of erasure for Indigenous languages in Latin America.
Cúmez said that continuing to speak his mother tongue is a way to respect and “ the memory of the pueblos.”
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