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The principal Mexican minority groups are Indian communitirs located throughout the country. Mexicans use the term indios or indigenas. There are many different tribes in Mexico. The only tribe which HBC has worked on at this time is the Aztecs which dominated central Mexico at the time of the Conquest. Native Americans are a bit different than the United States where Native Ameican groups are a very small part of the population. Native Americans in fact make up a major part of the Mexivan population in that most Mexicans have both Spanish and Native American ancestors. The Indian minorities are generally pure blood individuals living in communities that are culturally destinct from the overall Mexican national culture. Many of these Native American cultures still speak indigenous languages. Many lived on ejidos, communal organizations created during the Revolution. The ejidos have declined in recent years as a result of poor management and Government market reforms. Native American groups in Oaxaca have staged a rebellion from the authoity of the national Government.
The principal Mexican minority groups are Indian communitirs located throughout the country. Mexicans use the term indios or indigenas. There are many different tribes in Mexico. Native Americans are a bit different than the United States where Native Ameican groups are a very small part of the population if you count the mestiços as such. Native Americans in fact make up a major part of the Mexican population in that most Mexicans have both Spanish and Native American ancestors. Thus the natives Americans are more a minority in the cultural sence.
The only tribe which HBC has worked on at this time is the Aztecs which dominated central Mexico at the time of the Conquest.
The Indian minorities are generally pure blood individuals living in communities that are culturally destinct from the overall Mexican national culture. Many of these Native American cultures still speak indigenous languages. Many lived on ejidos, communal organizations created during the Revolution. The ejidos have declined in recent years as a result of poor management and Government market reforms. Native American groups in Oaxaca have staged a rebellion from the authoity of the national Government.
Both the government and private organizations are actively promoting the native culture. A HBC reader writes, "In Creel we visited a bookshop
that sells religious and general educational books most of which have been translated into the Tarahumara language by father Luis Verplancken, a Mexican of Flemish descent. An example of a government initiative is the Instituto Chihuahuaense de la Cultura who are posting Tarahumara poetry in public places which appears to be an excellent method to boast these peoples' self-esteem.
One aspect of the Native american culture is destinctive clothing and especially weaving. As far as we know there is no destinctive styles for children. Boys and girls simply wear smaller versions of the clothes worn by their parents.
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