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An Indian Woman in Guatemala “I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala" is a human story. In 1982, when this story was recorded, Rigoberta was only twentythree years old and had already witnessed and experienced a lifetime of unbelievable physical, psychological, and spiritual persecution. Her story is a testament to the strength and endurance of the human spirit under the most de-humanizing conditions imaginable. At the same time, this personal narration offers an insiders view of the social, political, economic, religious, and cultural life of an entire group of people. Through Rigoberta, a contemporary Maya community comes alive bringing with it the struggles that began with the Spanish Conquest and continue in the Guatemala of the twentieth century. To completely dismiss this book as garbage merely on the grounds that not everything is true is a bit foolish. Few people telling their own stories tell a complete truth. For those who seek to read a good account of how counter-insurgency forces decimated villages, I recommend Victor Montejo's book Testimony: Death of a Guatelmalan Village. Back to Menchu's story --I am fully aware that David Stoll has written a book which exposes several "l