The social history of Native Mexico

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The history in general of Native Mexico

Indigenous women strengthen freedom in Mexico

Column of the Americas by Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez, UPS, 20 March 1998. TV caricature of the indigenous woman whom the gente decente (decent people) snub, speaking to her as a nameless object. What does it mean to name your community a liberated free zone when guns are pointed at you? The contribution of female strength in Mexico's indigenous movement.

The Loxicha Region and Political Strategies

From O.P.I.Z. (Organizaciûn de Pueblos Indìgenas Zapotecos) and U.P.C.R.M.R.L. (Uniûn de Pueblos Contra la Represiûn y la Militarizaciûn de la Regiûn Loxicha, and LIMEDDH (Liga Mexicana por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos), 16 August 1999. The Indian custom of self-government, communal work, Indian or ancient council and popular assembly, which is still currently practiced in some of the south and central Mexican communities. For some time now politicians have been pretending to wish to increase the practice of Usos y Costumbres.

Proud of Indigenous Past, Living a Racist Present

By Diego Cevallos, IPS, 12 October 2000. For most of the native peoples, Columbus Day is just one more date to suffer. Of approximately 10 million indigenous people in Mexico, 53 percent of the women and 33 percent of the men are illiterate. Among the 803 municipalities with majority native populations, 83 percent are categorised as suffering high or very high marginalization. 56.6 percent of Mexicans believe there is racism, and 61.1 percent say there is discrimination based on the colour of one's skin.

Binational Oaxacan Indigenous Migrant Organizers Face New Century

By David Bacon, Americas Program, 21 August 2002. Indigenous people from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca have been migrating within their country and to the United States for decades. Many took part in the U.S. bracero program during its 22-year run from 1942 to 1964. In Mexican agricultural valleys from Sinaloa to Baja California, Oaxacan migrants are the backbone of the labor force that made corporate agriculture possible.