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  • We know that Benito Juárez was a Zapotec Indian, but because he was born into a Christian Mexican family, his parents were simply given the generic classification of "indios" in the church recording of his baptism.

    Tracing Your Indigenous Roots in Mexico 2008

  • We know that Benito Juárez was a Zapotec Indian, but because he was born into a Christian Mexican family, his parents were simply given the generic classification of "indios" in the church recording of his baptism.

    Tracing Your Indigenous Roots in Mexico 2008

  • It's a racist class system and to aristocrats like Vicente Fox it is so much better to get rid of those "indios" and poor.

    Sunday Is "Inmates Run The Asylum" Day 2006

  • In that time, the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade flourished, bringing all sorts of goodies from both places to "indios," "mestizos," and "peninsulares" alike.

    SBNation.com - All Posts 2009

  • "indios" against fellow "indios" from different regions to maintain colonial dominion of the archipelago?

    Philippine Commentary Jesusa Bernardo 2010

  • His most famous work was the three volume "Historia general de los indios".

    Mexico this month - August 2009

  • His most famous work was the three volume "Historia general de los indios".

    Mexico this month - August 2009

  • The Southernmost North American indios are not either, but they are here illegally and know it.

    Borjas: What's His Problem?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The long months spent encountering submissive indios had lulled his suspicions.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • The long months spent encountering submissive indios had lulled his suspicions.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

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