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Title
Refugee woman and three children in a canoe, Chiapas, 1983
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1983-01
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
A refugee woman and three children sit inside a canoe as it moves through the river. The woman and two children hold onto the side of the canoe. The little girl in the foreground looks into the distance as the woman in the back uses two hands to hold onto the edges of the canoe. A pack of belongings are wrapped by cloth on the canoe. By 1984, 46,000 Guatemalan refugees were in southern Mexico. Between 1981 and 1983, the Guatemalan army's counterinsurgency strategy targeted the Mayan population who were believed to be supporting the guerilla movement. The military committed hundreds of massacres and was responsible for acts of genocide against the Mayan population, according to the report of the 1994 Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission.
Una mujer refugiada y tres niños se sientan dentro de una canoa mientras navegan a través del río. La mujer y dos niños se apoyan en el borde de la canoa. Sus pertenencias están envueltas en una manta dentro de la canoa. Para 1984, 46,000 refugiados guatemaltecos estaban en el sur de México. Entre 1981 y 1983, la estrategia de contrainsurgencia del ejército guatemalteco se dirigió a la población maya que se creía que estaba apoyando al movimiento guerrillero. El ejército cometió cientos de masacres y fue responsable por actos de genocidio contra la población maya, según el informe de la Comisión de Clarificación Histórica de Guatemala de 1994.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B15.03.11.29A
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/3121
Subject
Documentary photographs
Refugee camps
Canoes and canoeing
Refugees--Guatemala
Chiapas (Mexico)--History
Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Social conditions
Rivers--Mexico
Place
Chiapas (Mexico)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B15.03.11.29A.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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