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09 Mixtec Families in Taft

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09 Mixtec Families in Taft
A community of a few hundred migrant indigenous Mixtec farm workers from Oaxaca live in Taft, which was an oil boom town years ago at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. Almost all the migrants come from the town of San Pablo Tijaltepec. PIctured: Juana Gonzalez Silva nd Antonia Cruz Silva make panels for shirts and blouses, using the unique embroidery style of their hometown, sitting on the curb of the street outside the apartment house where they live.

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