which they attribute to inbreeding among the Spanish descendents. Even though it is famous for

its white Ladino inhabitants, Santo Domingo does have a large Indian population. The Ladinos

refer to these inhabitants as "Indians" (indios), making no connection between them and the

Pokomam Maya of San Pedro Pinula. In Santo Domingo, the class division between Ladino and

Indian is pronounced, much as it is in San Pedro Pinula.

 Ladino families in Santo Domingo, like those in San Pedro Pinula, are cattle farmers who

produce milk and cheese. This particular family is one of the larger cheese producers and they

regularly sell directly to Guatemala City. One afternoon, as I was being shown the families' large

cheese production facilities, a frail and older indigenous women entered the compound with a

basket full of bread balanced on her head. With the casual familiarity of the daily routine, the

Ladina head-of-household and the Indian woman conducted their transaction. The Indian women

spoke softly, demonstrating great deference to the Ladina Dofia. As the Indian woman began to

pack up to leave, a loud ringing came from her apron. She threw down the basket and grabbed

her cell phone from beneath her apron, then proceeded to discuss the details of her upcoming trip

to see her son, who was calling from New York. She finished the conversation, turned off the

phone, raised the basket to her head, smiled, and went on her way. When she had left, the

Ladinos proceeded to comment on the irony of a "poor little Indian" who sells bread door-to-

door yet owns a cell phone and frequently travels to the United States, further asserting that the

"Indio" no longer needed to sell bread now that she had a son abroad. One Ladino remarked that

the cell phone represented the end of their way of life, reiterating the Ladino belief that if

Indians have access to communication technologies and to U.S. dollars it will represent a

permanent alteration to the local social structure. While this anecdote may appear to confirm the

belief of many Ladinos that migration causes significant social change, the Indian woman's