indigenous communities
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Mexico
On Mexico’s sacred Wirikuta, a fence comes down, and hope rises
Thick clouds covered the unusually lush, green lands of San Luis Potosà as campesinos and their Wixárika guardians gathered at…
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Sheinbaum launches ‘ApoyArte’ credit program for Indigenous textile artisans
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum unveiled a new credit program for Indigenous female artisans during an official visit to Mexico’s Pacific…
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Oaxaca’s Vela de Xhavizende fest unites a diaspora far from home
This year, celebrations for Oaxaca city’s annual Vela de Xhavizende — an annual multi-day event that celebrates the culture of…
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Chiapas midwives denounce national registry and new rules
The Chiapas Midwives Movement Nich Ixim (Corn Flower) has denounced the National Midwifery Registry, saying it complicates the process of…
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New section of Mexico’s National Anthropology Museum opens
As part of a 45-million-peso (US 2.2 million) project to rehabilitate Mexico City’s iconic Chapultepec Park, President Claudia Sheinbaum on…
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Mexico creates commission to formulate Indigenous ‘justice plans’
President Claudia Sheinbaum signed two presidential decrees on Tuesday that seek to benefit Mexico’s Indigenous peoples. In one decree, Sheinbaum…
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A bad omen? Rain causes pyramid collapse in Michoacán
A promise by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) to extensively repair a rain-damaged, pre-Columbian structure in Michoacán…
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Doubts surround death of Indigenous leader in Jalisco
The Indigenous Wixárika community in northern Jalisco is raising doubts about the official explanation that a vehicle accident killed Yuniur…
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