Indigenous Mobility Conference

PATTERNS OF INDIGENOUS MOBILITY: GUATEMALA > MEXICO > U.S.

Friday, October 16, 2009
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Douglas Forum – Bank of America Executive Education Center University of Washington, Seattle Campus

A conference on indigenous migration from Guatemala and Mexico to the U.S. presented by the Department of American Ethnic Studies in collaboration with the UW Office of Global Affairs to mark the establishment of the UNAM’s Office for the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada.


“The Multicultural and Multiethnic Character of Mexican Migration to the U.S.” Dr. Cristina Oehmichen Bazán, Institute for Anthropological Research, UNAM

“Migration and Human Rights,” Dr. Emilio Rolando Ordóñez Cifuentes, Insitute for Juridical Studies, UNAM

"Zapotec and Mixtec Migration to the Pacific Northwest," Dr. Lynn Stephen, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies,University of Oregon

Moderator: Dr. Erasmo Gamboa, American Ethnic Studies, U.W.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information call AES, 206 543-4343 / aes@u.washington.edu

To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206-543-6450/V, 206-543-6452/TTY, 206-685-7264 (FAX), or email at dso@u.washington.edu.