Many of the new farmworkers in California’s Salinas Valley are indigenous. They speak dozens of languages and often, no Spanish at all. One hospital in the Salinas Valley is figuring out how to provide services in languages like Mixteca, Zapoteca and Triqui. Reporter Lisa Morehouse has this story.
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Indigenous People From Mexico
Mexican indigenous Huichol group (01 of08)
Mexican indigenous Huichol group Venado Azul (Blue Deer) perform during the Wirikuta Fest at the Foro Sol in Mexico City on May 26, 2012. The Wirikuta Fest supports the Huichol people in their struggle for their lands, Wirikuta --a reserved area in San Luis Potosi state-- where Canadian mining company First Majestic Silver Corp has purchased 22 mining concessions. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo ESTRELLA (Photo credit should read ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty)
Celebration Of The Birthday Of The Last Aztec Emperor(02 of08)
Mexican indigenous people take part in a ceremony for the celebration of the 516th birthday of the last Aztec emperor, Cuauhtemoc, at Cuauhtemoc square in Mexico City on February 23, 2012. According to history, Cuauhtemoc was a warrior who fought against the Spanish conquerors to defend the city of Tenochtitlan, which ruins are located in the central part of Mexico City. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Raramuris Indigenous People (03 of08)
Raramuris indigenous people gather to receive humanitarian aid carried by the Mexican Red Cross in Pitoreal town, Chihuahua state, Mexico on January 21, 2012. Religious organizations, governmental and civil societies in Mexico launched a campaign to collect funds and food to combat chronic hunger that afflicts the Raramuris, and that was compounded by the drought of 2011, which affected the region in which they live. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
A Kuna Yala Indigenous Woman (04 of08)
A Kuna Yala indigenous woman offers her wares at the 'San Felipe' neighborhood, next to 'El Chorrillo', partially destroyed in 1989 during the U.S. invasion, in Panama City, on December 8,2011. Panamanian former dictator, Manuel Noriega,77, after more than two decades in prisons in the United States and France, returns home Sunday where he will continue to be incarcerated. AFP PHOTO/Rodrigo ARANGUA (Photo credit should read RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Raramuris Indigenous Women (05 of08)
Raramuris indigenous women make a line while waiting to recive humanitarian aid carried by Mexican Red Cross at the train station in Pitoreal town, Chihuahua state on January 21, 2012. Religious organizations, governmental and civil society in Mexico launched a campaign to collect funds and food to combat chronic hunger that afflicts the indigenous Rar (credit:Getty)
Raramuris Indigenous (06 of08)
Raramuris indigenous attend to recive humanitarian aid carried by Mexican Red Cross at the train station in Pitoreal town, Chihuahua state on January 21, 2012. Religious organizations, governmental and civil society in Mexico launched a campaign to collect funds and food to combat chronic hunger that afflicts the indigenous Rar (credit:Getty)
Raramuris Indigenous women queue to rece(07 of08)
Raramuris indigenous women queue to receive humanitarian aid carried by the Mexican Red Cross in Pitoreal town, Chihuahua state, Mexico on January 21, 2012. Religious organizations, governmental and civil societies in Mexico launched a campaign to collect funds and food to combat chronic hunger that afflicts the Raramuris, and that was compounded by the drought of 2011, which affected the region in which they live. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
An Indigenous Woman (08 of08)
An indigenous woman burns incense in front of riot policemen during a protest along Juarez Avenue in Mexico City on October 13, 2011. Mexican indigenous people protest against the commemoration of the Columbus Day and demand the goverment for atention to their problems. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)