Kindred Continuum: Tilantongo – How Oaxacan Indigenous Villages are Devastated by the Mega Development Projects that Claim to Help Them

In Tilantongo – Conversations from Indigenous Mexico; Conversaciones desde el México indigena, Phil and Kathy Dahl-Bredine bring perspectives and insights from Oaxaca, where they have lived with and learned from indigenous Mixtec people since 2001. This bilingual program features interviews with villagers, educators, environmental advocates, historians, and more.

In Program 3, How Oaxacan Indigenous Villages are Devastated by the Mega Development Projects that Claim to Help Them, Ana Maria Garcia, co-founder of the non-profit Services for an Alternative Education in Oaxaca, has worked with indigenous communities around the state to help them defend themselves from the effects of Western-style “development” projects. She explains why indigenous people see the idea of “development” so differently than do many westerners.

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