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Presents a brief biography of Guatemalan Indian rights activist, Rigoberta Menchu; and describes how her family was murdered and her fight to bring peace to her country.

The story of Rigoberta Mench? and her struggle to keep wealthy landowners and Guatemalan soldiers from taking away the land from her village and other Indian communities.

A profile of Nobel Peace Prize-winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum, discussing her life in a small Guatemalan village, the deaths of her mother, father, and brother at the hands of the military, and her efforts to protect the human rights of the country's indigenous people.

A biographical account of the Quich? Indian woman from Guatemala who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 in recognition of her work for social justice.

A biography of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu, tracing her childhood and youth as a coffee picker and maid in Guatemala, and discussing her efforts to secure rights and better living conditions for the Quiche-Mayan people.