USC Dornsife: Indigenous Migrants in Los Angeles County
By Joanna Lee (ERI), Lupe Renteria Salome (ERI), and Janet Martinez (CIELO)
Los Angeles County is home to many diverse Indigenous Migrant communities from what is now known as Mexico and Central America however data and reports on Latinx immigrant communities as a whole often obscures and effectively erases these communities in their analysis. A newly released report, “Indigenous Migrants in Los Angeles County” provides an opportunity to learn more about these diverse communities through the work of Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo (CIELO), an Indigenous women-led community-based organization, and preliminary research conducted by CIELO and the USC Equity Research Center. Community data gathering efforts such as survey data from CIELO’s outreach events offer a unique opportunity to better understand the diversity of Indigenous Migrant communities throughout Los Angeles County.
Check out some of the preliminary data findings and hear directly from organizers, interpreters, and leaders supporting indigenous migrant communities in Los Angeles. This informational video was created by CIELO’s team from informant interviews with indigenous migrant community members conducted by USC ERI. Read more and watch the video!
Thanks to Mary Joan Reutter for sharing this resource.