Andres Henestrosa Morales, a prolific poet, essayist and journalist whose lyrical writings helped raise the cultural profile of Mexico’s indigenous people, particularly the Zapotec Indians of southern ...

MEXICO CITY – Wearing a long skirt, headdress and loose blouse embroidered with bright flowers, Mariana de la Noche road on a float in Mexico City's recent gay pride parade. The float was for "muxes," ...

JUCHITAN, Mexico – Four days after Mexico's magnitude 8.1 earthquake destroyed her home and much of her work, Peregrina Vera attended her third funeral. Two were for friends who died in collapsed ...

MADERA, Calif.MADERA, Calif. — A group of Zapotec Indian women dug a hole with their hands, building an oven out of mud to roast hot peppers, garlic and onions in the backyard of their home in Central ...

While the coronavirus hammers Mexico, some Indigenous communities in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca are finding creative ways to cope. Now, my summer research in Oaxaca canceled due to the ...

A hidden "entrance to the underworld" built by the ancient Zapotec culture has been discovered beneath a Catholic church in southern Mexico, according to a team of researchers using cutting-edge ...

Mexican painter Fulgencio Lazo raises awareness about the importance of preserving Mexican traditions through his art. For a decade, Lazo has shared his traditions with the Yakima Valley community in ...

Sonoma Valley residents will have an opportunity to immerse themselves in the Zapotec rug weaving tradition this month when two members of a women’s cooperative in Oaxaca, Mexico, exhibit their works, ...

At Carmen Santiago Alonso's funeral on Feb. 7, the Rev. José Renteria eulogized the Indigenous rights activist as "a very passionate and curious woman with two spiritual sources." "One was her Zapotec ...

Iturbide made repeated visits over six years to photograph Juchitan's "big, strong, politicized, emancipated, wonderful women," including their custom of making icons from hand-shaped roots or ...