<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - URigoberta Menchú wazalelwa emndenini ompofu woMdabu odabuka kwaQiche Maya eLaj Chimel, indawo yasemakhaya esifundazweni esisenyakatho-maphakathi neGuatemala i-El Quiché. Umkhaya wakubo wawungomunye wemikhaya eminingi yabomdabu eyayingakwazi ukuzondla ngezingcezwana zomhlaba ezasala ngemva kokunqotshwa kweGuatemala abaseSpain  <response>: . futhi. Unina kaMenchú waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokuba umbelethisi eneminyaka eyishumi nesithupha, futhi waqhubeka nokusebenzisa izitshalo zokwelapha zendabuko waze wabulawa eneminyaka engama-43. Uyise wayeyisishoshovu esivelele sokulwela amalungelo abalimi bomdabu eGuatemala. Bobabili abazali bakhe babeya njalo esontweni lamaKatolika, futhi unina wahlala exhumene kakhulu nengokomoya lakhe lamaMaya nobuntu bakhe. UMenchú uzibheka njengenhlanganisela ephelele yabazali bakhe bobabili. Ukholelwa ezimfundisweni eziningi zeSonto LamaKatolika, kodwa ithonya likanina lamaMaya nalo lafundisa uMenchú ukubaluleka kokuphila ngokuvumelana nemvelo nokulondoloza isiko lakhe lamaMaya. 