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 ...

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 ...

In “Voices from the Mixtec Highlands,” documentary photographer and photojournalist Rodrigo Jardón documents an indigenous region of Oaxaca where his Mixtec grandmother, Adelaida, was born and raised.

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 ...

Jacob is your community news reporter covering the Santa Maria Valley. In Santa Maria, translation and interpretation services play a big part in keeping families up to date on their children's ...

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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 ...

It’s a dreary Friday night in Oxnard, and instructor Noemi Quiros lays out her Spanish books, hoping the rain won’t keep all her students away. It doesn’t. About 10 minutes later, two men whisper ...

Josefino Alvarado, a California farm worker, describes his typical morning picking blueberries at a Ventura County farm. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

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