National Institute of Indigenous Peoples
The National Institute of Indigenous Peoples is a decentralized agency of the Mexican Federal Public Administration. It was established on December 4, 2018, though the earliest Mexican government agency for indigenous matters was created in 1948. It is headquartered in Mexico City and headed by Adelfo Regino Montes.
History
National Indigenist Institute
The National Indigenist Institute was established in 1948, with the initial goal of integrating indigenous people into the national culture. The agency carried out health and education campaigns, and it also relocated more than 22,000 people displaced by the construction of the Miguel Alemán Dam in Oaxaca. Three years later, it established the first Indigenous Coordination Center, at San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. In the 1970s, the focus of the agency shifted to "elevating" the life of indigenous people to help them participate in the national life, and later to assisting them while protecting their right to preserve their ethnic identity.National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples
On May 21, 2003, the Act on the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples created a new agency, the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, which took on all of the CDI's functions and responsibilities.National Institute of Indigenous Peoples
Incoming president Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced on August 14, 2018, that the CDI would be replaced with a new National Institute of Indigenous Peoples, announcing Adelfo Regino Montes, the former secretary of indigenous matters in the state government of Oaxaca.On December 4, 2018, the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples Law was promulgated.