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PHOTO BY SUSANNA FROHMAN. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS. 08.03.01 Roselia Adolfo (cq), left, her one-year-old son Salvador Tenorio, Sabina Toribio, center, Gloria Adolfo, right, and Cirila Adolfo, far right, spend a hot summer afternoon in their Fresno apartment. The family shares a two-bedroom apartment with four Mixtec families, or indigenous Mexican-American indians. The families have lived in the apartment since January 2001, when they arrived seeking work. There are approximately 10,000 indigenous Mexican-American indians from the Mexican state of Oaxaca in the central valley. The number is thought to be approximatley 50,000 in the state of California. Two other indigenous groups from the state of Oaxaca are also living in the valley. Mixtecs account for the largest number of indigenous people from Mexico. The women collect aluminum cans as a source of income.

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PHOTO BY SUSANNA FROHMAN. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS. 08.03.01 Roselia Adolfo (cq), left, her one-year-old son Salvador Tenorio, Sabina Toribio, center, Gloria Adolfo, right, and Cirila Adolfo, far right, spend a hot summer afternoon in their Fresno apartment. The family shares a two-bedroom apartment with four Mixtec families, or indigenous Mexican-American indians. The families have lived in the  apartment since January 2001, when they arrived seeking work. There are approximately 10,000 indigenous Mexican-American indians from the Mexican state of Oaxaca in the central valley. The number is thought to be approximatley 50,000 in the state of California. Two other indigenous groups from the state of Oaxaca are also living in the valley. Mixtecs account for the largest number of indigenous people  from Mexico. The women collect aluminum cans as a source of income.