Although, hardly remembered in the United States, Rigoberta Menchú Tum can be credited with being one of the first Mayans to speak out and publicize the plight of Guatemala's indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War that stretched from a CIA inspired coup in 1954 to 1996. During that period hundreds of thousands of indigenous Mayans were murdered in Guatemala leading to charges of Genocide against the US supported Guatamalan military.
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