I watched this short documentary about the catholic native community near my hometown. I watched this procession every year and enjoyed being friends with these people throughout my youth.
One note, you may notice that all these people with Native American / Mexican / and long time local heritage who speak fluent Spanish with some random local native terms tossed in mostly don't have an accent when speaking English. This is what I grew up with. All these modern TV shows, especially the Disney & Nickelodeon shows for kids, where the "latino" characters all have thick Spanish accents are so far from the reality of most people living on the Mexican border. It is also worth noting that this community, which for all purposes is a "tribe" only goes back about 150 years and are made up of descendants from dozens of tribes and native slave groups who came together when the entire regional society was changed and freed and converted to Christianity centuries ago.
One note, you may notice that all these people with Native American / Mexican / and long time local heritage who speak fluent Spanish with some random local native terms tossed in mostly don't have an accent when speaking English. This is what I grew up with. All these modern TV shows, especially the Disney & Nickelodeon shows for kids, where the "latino" characters all have thick Spanish accents are so far from the reality of most people living on the Mexican border. It is also worth noting that this community, which for all purposes is a "tribe" only goes back about 150 years and are made up of descendants from dozens of tribes and native slave groups who came together when the entire regional society was changed and freed and converted to Christianity centuries ago.
