Inside the Fresno State Peace Garden, more than 100 people — many of them also wearing red — gathered in recognition of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day.

Inside the Fresno State Peace Garden, more than 100 people — many of them also wearing red — gathered in recognition of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day.

Jesús Martínez, a former Fresno State University professor who was present at the unveiling of the statue more than 20 years ago, said Oaxacan immigrants play an important role in Fresno and the ...

On Thursday, Arias and his council colleagues voted to make Fresno the first city in California to ban discrimination based on caste or Indigenous heritage, while a similar bill sits on Gov. Gavin ...

Fresno, California’s City Council looks to be the first city in the state to ban discrimination based on caste and indigenous status.

Along with the Fresno County Board of Supervisors’ rebuke of the federal name change, they also voted to sue the state of California in March, challenging a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last ...

Fresno, California’s City Council looks to be the first city in the state to ban discrimination based on caste and indigenous status.

Fresno, California’s City Council looks to be the first city in the state to ban discrimination based on caste and indigenous status.

Uniquely is a Fresno Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Fresno area so special. The statue of Benito Juárez García, a Zapotec Indian ...

Juárez was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as governor of Oaxaca state and was the 26th president of México from 1858 until his death in office in 1872 at age 66.