Press Release- Hillsboro Herald News – Community Event At Hillsboro’s Shute Park
This Weekend – A Great Event At Hillsboro’s Shute Park
What is la Guelaguetza?
Please join us in celebrating La Guelaguetza en Oregon
- Who Organizes las Guelaguetza en Oregon?
TIERRAGUA (ÑU’UN NDUCHA) IS A COLLABORATIVE OF PUEBLOS ORIGINARIOS THAT AIMS TO ENGAGE THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY AS A CENTER POINT. ÑU’UN NDUCHA HAS AN INDIGENOUS CENTRIC FOCUS INCORPORATING PHILOSOPHIES OF COEXISTENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.
- The Ñuu Savi Community in Washington County
The Ñuu Savi (Mixtecs), are Mesoamerican people of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as the state of Guerrero’s Mountain Region, and Costa Chica Region/Coastal Region, which covers parts of the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero and Puebla.
Ñu’un Nducha/Tierragua has been coordinating and creating La Guelaguetza en Oregon. The event will be a celebration of the indigenous communities that live in Washington County. La Guelaguetza is an essential celebration of the eight indigenous regions in Oaxaca, Mexico. This event will be important for the indigenous community to gather in Hillsboro to celebrate with music, art, and food.
- The research justice fellowship led by the Coalition of Communities of Color
To give you some background of how the event has come to flourish. It all started with a focus group in Washington County. The research justice fellowship was led by the Coalition of Communities of Color. The research focus was regarding the Ñuu Savi community in Washington County and their sense of belonging in the community. A focus group was led with folks who identify as Ñuu Savi with a series of questions. An underlying finding came about the conversation Participants feel invisible because they are always clumped into the Latino community, are discriminated and minimized of their indigenous identity.
An attainable outcome of the focus group was a need for a cultural event to gather the Ñuu Savi (Mixtec) community. The focus group members ended up organizing a collaborative composed of indigenous Ñuu Savi women. The women who are organized under the name Ñu’un Nducha have been planning La Guelaguetza en Oregon.
