indigenous peoples of Mexico

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The indigenous peoples of Mexico are the diverse original inhabitants of the region, encompassing numerous distinct cultures, languages, and traditions that long predate Spanish colonization.

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Generate an image of the indigenous peoples of Mexico (The indigenous peoples of Mexico are the diverse original inhabitants of the region, encompassing numerous distinct cultures, languages, and traditions that long predate Spanish colonization.)

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Statements (91)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group collection ⓘ
indigenous peoples ⓘ
censusCategory indigenous population of Mexico ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalDiversity high ⓘ
culturalHeritageIncludes Day of the Dead practices with indigenous roots ⓘ
indigenous languages as intangible heritage ⓘ
traditional maize cultivation systems (milpa) ⓘ
culturalPractice ceramics and pottery ⓘ
communal land tenure (ejido and communal property) ⓘ
maize-centered food systems ⓘ
ritual festivals tied to agricultural cycles ⓘ
traditional agriculture ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
use of traditional medicine ⓘ
weaving and textile arts ⓘ
currentIssue discrimination ⓘ
language endangerment ⓘ
limited access to education ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
facedProcess colonization ⓘ
cultural marginalization ⓘ
forced assimilation ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
heritageRecognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
historicalCivilization Aztec civilization ⓘ
linked to: Aztec Empire

Maya civilization ⓘ
Mixtec civilization ⓘ
Olmec civilization ⓘ
Teotihuacan culture ⓘ
Toltec culture ⓘ
linked to: Toltec civilization

Zapotec civilization ⓘ
languageFamilyDiversity high ⓘ
legalStatus recognized as multicultural component of the Mexican nation ⓘ
mainRegion Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Chihuahua ⓘ
Guerrero ⓘ
Oaxaca ⓘ
Puebla ⓘ
Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
Sierra Madre del Sur ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
Yucatán ⓘ
linked to: Yucatán state

Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
central Mexico ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Amuzgo people ⓘ
Chatino people ⓘ
Chol people ⓘ
Chontal of Oaxaca ⓘ
Chontal of Tabasco ⓘ
Cora people ⓘ
Huastec people ⓘ
linked to: Huastec

Huichol people ⓘ
linked to: Huichol

Lacandon people ⓘ
linked to: Lacandon

Maya peoples ⓘ
Mayo people ⓘ
Mazahua people ⓘ
Mazatec people ⓘ
linked to: Mazatec

Mixe people ⓘ
Mixtec people ⓘ
Nahua people ⓘ
linked to: Nahua

Otomí people ⓘ
linked to: Otomi peoples

Purepecha people ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people

Seri people ⓘ
Tarahumara people ⓘ
Tepehuan people ⓘ
Totonaque people ⓘ
Triqui people ⓘ
Tzeltal people ⓘ
Tzotzil people ⓘ
Yaqui people ⓘ
Zapotec people ⓘ
majorLanguageFamily Mayan languages ⓘ
Mixe–Zoque languages ⓘ
Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Totonic languages ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
organizationType indigenous community organizations ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerican indigenous peoples ⓘ
indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ
politicalMovement Zapatista movement in Chiapas ⓘ
preDate Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
recognizedBy Constitution of Mexico ⓘ
religionDiversity high ⓘ
rightsInclude communal land rights ⓘ
cultural rights ⓘ
linguistic rights ⓘ
syncreticReligion blend of Catholicism and indigenous beliefs ⓘ
traditionalBeliefsInclude Mesoamerican religion ⓘ

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Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uto-Aztecan → usedBy → indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
Christianization of central Mexico → appliesToPopulation → Indigenous peoples of central Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Rarámuri → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Afro-Mexicans → ethnicOrigin → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Kiliwa community of northern Baja California → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Paipai → partOf → indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Cochimí people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Southern Uto-Aztecan → spokenBy → indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
Mexican people → ethnicComposition → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Mexican people → majorEthnicSubgroup → Indigenous Mexicans ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Juan de Grijalva → metWith → indigenous peoples of Veracruz region ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Allegory of the Spanish conquest → depicts → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Zapotec people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Costa Chica of Guerrero → ethnicGroup → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Conquistador → portrays → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Mixtec people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
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Maya peoples → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Zoque people → partOf → indigenous peoples of Tabasco ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
La Huasteca and Sotavento cultural macroregion → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Indigenous peoples of eastern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Pima Bajo → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
American Indian languages → areSpokenBy → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Indigenous peoples of Baja California → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Yaqui people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Cochimí → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Yalitza Aparicio → ethnicGroup → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Southwestern branch of Yuman languages → spokenBy → Indigenous peoples of Northwestern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Warihío → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Nahuatl-speaking peoples → recognizedAs → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Instituto Nacional Indigenista → focusesOn → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Cholulan nobles → ethnicGroup → indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
peyote → usedBy → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
White Mexicans → relatedEthnicGroup → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Tlahuica people → partOf → indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
Yoeme → associatedWith → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Hiaki → belongsToIndigenousGroup → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Othomi → partOf → indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
Codex Ramírez → subjectHeading → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Copala → hasEthnicGroup → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Mixe people of Oaxaca → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Nacimiento de los Negros → hasEthnicGroup → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
statue of Ahuízotl → heritageContext → pre-Hispanic Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Chʼol Maya → partOf → indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
Ezar → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Náayeri → partOf → indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
Teguima → ethnicity → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Cahita peoples → partOf → Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
Ipai people → recognizedAs → indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
subject linked to: Iipay