President Donald Trump is signaling a shift in the ongoing push to deport immigrants as the reality of taking migrant farmworkers out of the fields, disrupting businesses and the country’s food supply starts to become apparent. About 40% of the 2.6 million farm workers in the U.S. are estimated to be undocumented. A portion of those are Indigenous people from Mexico and Central American countries. We’ll hear about how the Trump administration may be adjusting its stance.
A search for words in their language led a husband-and-wife team to 300-year-old texts where French Jesuit missionaries documented Seneca names for traditional foods, cooking, and even recipes.
GUESTS
Mily Treviño-Sauceda, executive director and co-founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas
Coreen Thompson (Tonawanda Seneca), cultural educator
Break 1 Music: Zumbi (song) XOCÔ (artist) XOCÔ (album)
Break 2 Music: Grandmother’s Song (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)
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