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Similar to the rest of the Yuman languages, the Kumiai-tipeey language has attracted attention in recent years due to its critical state of displacement. This fact is in a context sustained by an ideology of rescue, from which the speakers of native languages appear as passive subjects who have allowed their linguistic heritage to die, and where the figure of the researcher-data collector is divided from the social dimension. Based on work experience in the Kumiai community of San José de la Zorra, in Baja California, Mexico, this paper discusses the complex relationship that is established between the researcher and the community as both an environment of grievance and an exercise of the linguistic rights, which are crystallized in the creation of the book Kanap Jatpa Jmok (Three stories of a coyote). The material for the said book was possible only thanks to the tireless individual agency of those community members who continue to create spaces for their language, along with the community participation, which has resulted in the book incorporating and embodying their requests and perspectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the fate and later impact of missionary linguistic works from Alta California, showing that the details of their histories can shed light on the external forces that often shaped the creation, preservation and dissemination of early descriptive works. Documenting the unexpected paths that many of these manuscript works took after they were written provides an understanding of the circumstances under which scholarship was produced and shared within and beyond the mission realm, and how the profound societal changes that characterize the 19th century in California affected the fate of these works. Tracing the influence of these missionary linguistic works also illustrates how they have remained relevant and useful to later studies of indigenous languages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research analyzes the nature of the Mexican ethnic economy developing in the cities of Huntington Park and Lynwood, California, in the United States. Using census databases and the results of 145 surveys administered to and 25 interviews with a range of people in 2012, this paper documents the existence of a Transnational Ethnic Economy (TEE), which goes further than the traditional definition of the "ethnic economy" concept" and is organized and develops in such a way that includes individual businesses, businesses with multiple branches, supermarket networks, and a commercial consortium in the study zone, with bonds and relationships that transcend national borders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to present the initial results of a study on Maya-Yucatecan migrant women who have settled permanently in Los Angeles, California. The reasons that led them to migrate are addressed as well as the way they came to the United States and joined the work force. Certain aspects that permitted their insertion into Los Angeles society are highlighted, together with identity recovery practices to show that adaptation to the host culture is slow, irregular and incomplete, but enough for them to deploy survival strategies. The paper is based on the assumption that female migration lends this phenomenon specific characteristic that warrant special attention. Accordingly, the analysis of the document is based on an interpretation of the meaning of the actions, for which the content of ten in-depth interviews conducted in Los Angeles in 2012 was used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes process of Mexican inmigrants associations in different cities of California. The study is based on data collected from twelve first level associations or “clubes de oriundos". Using qualitative techniques, we document the complexity of the internal organization of these associations, as well as the variety of individual and social efforts to keep them working The research highlights the importance of the role played by the localities of destination in our understanding of the organization process of Mexican immigrants, as well as the possibilities of their collective actions. In this way, we discuss and complement the studies focused on Hometown Associations from the Mexican ;localities of origin. Our findings show that the “clubes de oriundos" are complex associations that impose a high organizational cost on its members, as well as spheres of sociability that members use to satisfy a set of social needs related to their position as immigrants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the problem of the subjectivity of agricultural workers, based on the hypothesis that they regard their living and working conditions as poor. Fieldwork was used to show their knowledge and opinions on their working and living situation in the San Joaquin Valley, California in 2007 and 2008. It was found that agricultural workers' views are based on the subjectivity and reinterpretation of their objective working and living circumstances. It was concluded that agricultural workers say that their conditions are appalling because their labor, social and human rights are not recognized or respected; the U.S. economic, social and political crisis is detrimental to them and the Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada (NAFTA) could only benefit them through an immigration reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper demonstrates that the academic and cultural links between students UABC Tijuana and California universities is minimal. California being one of the most dynamic regions in the production of knowledge, its great potential and possibilities have not been sufficiently exploited by students of Tijuana. Restrictions on immigration policy, lack of motivation by institutional authorities and teachers of UABC and the weak presence of actions for border regional integration of college students, was negatively associated with this situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]