A New Indigenous Community in Taft
29 Mixtec Families in Taft
Previous
Picture < > Next Picture
Return to Taft Families Gallery
29 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: Teresa Santiago Gonzalez, and her daughter
Lourdes Cruz Santiago, who is dressed in the embroidered blouse that is
the unique style of their hometown.
WORKPLACE | STRIKES | PORTRAITS | FARMWORKERS | UNIONS | STUDENTS
Special Project: TRANSNATIONAL WORKING COMMUNITIES
HOME | NEWS | STORIES | PHOTOGRAPHS | LINKS
photographs and stories by David Bacon © 1990-1999
website by DigIt Designs © 1999