Indians Call for Passage of Rights Bill
From Times Wire Reports
Thousands of Indians, students and foreign leftists opened a National Indigenous Congress in Nurio, a village in Michoacan state, calling for passage of an Indian rights bill they believe would bring respect to those whose ancestors once ruled what is now Mexico.
Indians are united in their belief that the accord would help them preserve their cultures, languages and land.
The congress was largely the creation of the Zapatistas’ rebel movement and was one of the high points of their 16-day caravan across Mexico.
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