My class and I have been studying the early explorers , and I got to study  the Maya Indians! They are really interesting because they had a tough past, but they got their selves through it. Did you know that the Mayas used to sacrifice themselves or their family? They did that because they wanted to make their gods happy  but it wasn’t just one god they wanted to worship but more than at least seven. They had a sun god , a mountain god , a sky god , and more  (they even had a corn God). The Maya Indians got attacked by soldiers just like the Aztecs (another Indian tribe.) The Aztecs got attacked because they were also sacrificing their people to make their gods happy. People thought they were savages and killed a lot of them off, but of course if they killed the Indians wouldn’t that make them savages to? The Maya Indians are still alive today, and they remember their ancestors struggling through that tough time being attacked, sacrificing themselves and loved ones and think how great full they are to have such a good life now and hopefully worshiping the one true god. If your wondering were they live you could probably  guess. They don’t live here, they live in Mexico or closer to the end of  Mexico in Central America and maybe could be found here too.