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Generally, indigenous Mexicans are poorer than non-indigenous Mexicans, though social development varies between states, different indigenous ethnicities, and between rural and urban areas. In all states, indigenous people have higher infant mortality, and in some states, almost double that of the non-indigenous populations. [71]
Mexico has a non-discriminatory policy with regard to the grant of its citizenship. The spouse of a Mexican national would generally not face any problem in acquiring local citizenship. Although a few of the NRIs have married Mexicans, they have retained their Indian citizenship. The Indians in this country are mainly businessmen or professionals.
Indigenous Mexican Americans or Mexican American Indians are American citizens who culturally identify with the Indigenous peoples of Mexico. Indigenous Mexican-Americans usually speak an Indigenous language as their first language and may not speak either Spanish or English. Indigenous Mexican-Americans may or may not identify as "Hispanic" or ...
The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are an Indigenous people of Mexico and Native American tribe, who speak the Yaqui language, a Uto-Aztecan language. [2] Their primary homelands are in Río Yaqui valley [4] in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. [1] Today, there are eight Yaqui Pueblos in Sonora. [4] [1] Some Yaqui fled state violence to settle ...
Mexican Indigenous rights activists (7 P) Mexican people of Indigenous peoples descent (7 C, 17 P) Mixe (2 C, 1 P) Mixtec (7 C, 13 P) Mogollon culture (22 P) N. Nahua ...
The Pima Bajo (Lower Pima) people are indigenous people of Mexico who reside in a mountainous region along the line between the states of Chihuahua and Sonora in northern Mexico. They are related to the Pima and Tohono O’odham of Arizona and northern Sonora, speaking a similar but distinct language. [2] Lower Pima groups include: [3]: 22
This number had recovered somewhat by 1821, but following Mexican Independence, Mexica and other indigenous peoples once again found themselves marginalized by government policy, which sought to minimize indigenous Mexican culture in favor of a blended Spanish-Mexican heritage. [26]
Benito Juarez: Born in Oaxaca to Zapotec parents, Benito Juarez was a liberal politician and leader of La Reforma (The Reform) in Mexico. He was the first president of Mexico of Indigenous origin. Andrés Henestrosa: Zapotec scholar of Zapotec language and culture, [14] later a politician. [15]