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Tesis de licenciatura Exploring the implications of learning a foreing language on indigenous students: identity and culture(Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 2019-12) Libna Harim, Jarquin Cerqueda"Mexico has 68 indigenous peoples, and 7.4 million speak an indigenous language, that represents 6.5% of people over three years old (INEGI 2010 and 2015). Only 1% percent of them get access to higher education in a Public University of this country. Those who access higher education have to face many changes such as social, cultural and psychological because they leave their communities and move to the city; it is a big deal because many of them have been alone during the adaptation process. According to El Poder Ejecutivo Federal (2007) in Mexico, the indigenous people represent 10% of the national people, and if our educative system was equal, it would have 10% percent of indigenous in high school education. This is an indicative of structural racism and unequal of the Mexican educative system (Schmelkes 2003). It could be possible that they believe that coming from indigenous communities and speaking an indigenous language will be a barrier for their academic life."