Tarascan is a language isolate not linked to any known language families. It is spoken in a state in Mexico called Michoacan. Tarascan is also called Purepecha language and the number of speakers ...

THERMAL, CALIF. — Here in the sprawling, forlorn trailer park called Duroville, hope is as fleeting as the wind and fragile as a butterfly. It can arise suddenly, only to be crushed beneath the daily ...

MECCA, Calif. (RNS) — Aida Sansor and Maria Teresa Pacheco have traveled the Eastern Coachella Valley area, seeking to connect with the indigenous Purépecha community. Sansor and Pacheco are with ...

Conchita Pozar, 30, with her daughters Jackie Zacarias, 9, and Lesly Zacarias, 2, on Sept. 24, 2019, in the Coachella Valley. Pozar is Purépecha and a community activist who is seeking to preserve the ...