Carlos Salomon, San Francisco State University
“The Recent Impact of Transnational Indigenous Organizations in Mexico and the US”

My paper looks at patterns of transnational indigenous organizing in Mexico and the United States. It covers the period from 1992, when a hemispheric movement of indigenous runners (Peace and Dignity) gathered at the pyramids outside of Mexico City until the recent abrogation of the Instituto Indigneista Nacional in Mexico City. The abrogation of this institute followed a decade of intense Indian activism in Mexico and from transplanted organizations in the United States. This activism culminated with the signing of the Treaty of San Andres, which had it been honored, gave indigenous communities partial autonomy.