Federal survey acknowledges indigenous

At least one federal survey will take a closer look at the percentage of Latin Americans in this country who are indigenous, according to this Associated Press story.


The National Agricultural Workers Survey will include changes to better measure the indigenous population.

An estimated 10 to 30 percent of the farm workers in California are indigenous. Most workers come from southern Mexico.

"Indigenous workers have other unique characteristics that make them a difficult population to serve. Survey data, however, underestimate the size of this population," said a proposal from the U.S. Department of Labor, according to the article.

Part of the aim is to not automatically include indigenous people in a "Latino" category.

Source and Photo: AP