VI Mexican Indigenous Groups of the Border Region
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John A. Peterson and Michael Wilken-Robertson ABSTRACT The indigenous cultural heritage of Mexico’s border region includes native tribes—defined as relatively small, rural populations living on communally held ancestral lands—and migrant indigenous groups—which are larger populations of indigenous descent living in urban areas or agricultural settlements, usually without a community land base. This study examines the state of the environment of both native and migrant groups within the Mexican border region, which is defined as extending 100 kilometers (km) south of the U.S.-Mexican international political boundary.
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