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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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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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
linked to: indigenous peoples of Mexico
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