Mam
Lands
Western highlands of Guatemala (Huehuetenango, San Marcos, Quetzaltenango) and neighboring Chiapas, Mexico
Facts 4
Today
In October 2025, the Mam communities of Cajolá and Todos Santos Cuchumatán joined two other Maya communities in reporting to a UN committee on their community radio rights.
As of 2025 Source: Cultural Survival, Indigenous Communities and Cultural Survival Urge CERD to Address Community Radio Rights Violations in Guatemala (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Culture
B'alam Stereo in Cabricán, among the longer-running Indigenous stations in Guatemala's highlands, has served the Maya Mam since 1976, with work promoting education, health, water and justice.
As of 2019 Source: Cultural Survival, Announcing Our 2019 Community Media Grants Partners (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Culture
Mam crafts vary by community and include baskets, pottery, wool mantillones, palm hats, wooden toys and decorated gourds.
Source: Secretaría de Cultura, Sistema de Información Cultural (SIC), Gobierno de México, Mames : Pueblos indígenas México : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
History
An 1882 border treaty between Mexico and Guatemala left the Mam people divided between the two countries.
Source: Secretaría de Cultura, Sistema de Información Cultural (SIC), Gobierno de México, Mames : Pueblos indígenas México : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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