genous peoples is difficult to obtain (for political reasons, few countries wish to highlight these problems), researchers have compiled data on the poverty of indigenous people in Latin America.37 The results clearly demonstrate that a majority of indigenous groups live in extreme poverty and that being indigenous greatly increases the chances that an individual will be malnourished, illiterate, in poor health, and unemployed. For example, the research showed that in Mexico, over 80% of the indigenous population is poor, compared to 18% of the nonindigenous population. Table 5.8