The district released the first six of its 25 Mixtec language books. At least 470 students reported speaking Mixtec, an indigenous language from southern Mexico. Oxnard's Mixtec community is the world ...

•The language is spoken by indigenous people of southern Mexico. •Some native Mixtec speakers do not speak Spanish or English, creating difficulty in medical, legal and other settings. •In San Diego ...

Growing up in Oaxaca, a city located about 300 miles south of Mexico City, Arcenio and Noe Lopez’s parents tried to steer them away from using the indigenous Mixtec language. They wanted to spare them ...

Parents of indigenous backgrounds say their kids are facing bullying and a language barrier in Santa Maria. On Thursday, the Santa Maria Bonita School District held an event exclusively for those ...

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MADERA — The door opens, just a crack. Regina Lopez peers through. Three-year-old Felix clings to her legs, and her five other children peek through the gaps. She says nothing. She's not used to ...

The Mixtec of Mexico have long known how to predict changes in the weather from the behaviour of birds and plants. When they hear the first grave and sad notes of the chicucu bird, for example, they ...

OXNARD, Calif. – Rodrigo Perea, an indigenous Mexican teenager, vividly recalls crossing the border as a boy – the bogus papers with a girl’s name, the dress he wore to hide his gender, the sleeping ...

Oxnard School District Superintendent Karling Aguilera-Fort smiles during a presentation of the Mixtec translation of children's book "'Por Favor Caachí Pinguino," in English, "Penguin Says Please," ...