Abbreviations

CDI  Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas; Indian agency that replaced the Instituto Nacional Indigenista (INI)

DIGEPO  Dirección General de Población de Oaxaca, Oaxacan population survey

IJA  Iglesia de Jesucristo de las Américas

INEGI  Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, Mexican national census

MICOP  Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project, located in Oxnard, California; provides services to Mixtecs and other indigenous people in the area

NAFTA  North American Free Trade Agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico; went into effect on January 1, 1994, and has had many negative impacts on Mixtec lives

UPBJ  Centro de Unidad Popular Benito Juarez, centered in Bakersfield, California; a cultural organization dedicated to education and the continuation of indigenous traditions