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The Cakchiquiel are a group of indegenous people of Mayan descent, native to the midwestern highlands of Guatemala. They subsist agriculturally, and their culture reflects a fusion of Mayan and Spanish influences. Cakchiquiel is also the name of their language. The Maya are people of southern Mexico and northern Central America (Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and El Salvador) with some 3,000 years of history. ...

The Cakchiquiel were one of several Mayan kingdoms conquered by Pedro de Alvarado in the 1520's. At that time, they were the enemies of the Quiché, another Mayan kingdom. Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras (Badajoz, c. ... The Kiche , or QuichÃ© in Spanish spelling, are a Native American people, part of the Maya ethnic group. ...

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Cakchiquel (383 words)
	Cakchiquel are a group of indigenous people of Mayan descent, native to the province of Sololá and the midwestern highlands of Guatemala.
	The Cakchiquel language is a member of the Quichean-Mamean branch of the Mayan language family.
	The province of Sololá is found in the western part of Guatemala and is one of the areas with the richest indigenous traditions.

Cakchiquel Bibles (117 words)
	Cakchiquel (also spelled Kaqchikel) is one of the indigenous languages of Guatemala (Latin America).
	You can purchase the Western Cakchiquel New Testament on audio cassette from Faith Comes By Hearing.
	The Bible Society in Guatemala is the primary contact for the printed Bible in Cakchiquel.

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