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Janey's Sources - The Wife Who Could Remove Her Head (from Episode 33)
- "The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers and Other Gruesome Tales" by Jen Campbell (Illustrated by Adam de Souza)
- Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions by John Bierhorst
- History of The Pipils
Max's Sources - Ix Chel (from Episode 13)
- "Who Was the Mayan Goddess Ixchel?"
- "Ixchel Mayan Goddess"
- "A Legend of One Goddess"
- "Ix Chel" from Gods and Goddesses
- "IxChel and the Dragonflies" from Tres Cuentos Literary Podcast
- "The Moon in the Well: Wisdom Tales to Transform Your Life, Family, and Community" by Erica Helen Meade
- "The Mayan Pantheon: The Many Gods of the Maya" by Joshua J. Mark for World History Encyclopedia
ADDITIONAL Sources -
- “Support for immigrant families targeted for deportation” from Immigrants Rising
- KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Tools from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- “I Have Rights” Red cards from ILRC (PRINT THESE)
- Immigrants' Rights | American Civil Liberties Union
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