Mixe people

E193681

The Mixe people are an indigenous Mesoamerican group of the Sierra Norte region of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for their Mixe–Zoquean language, resilient communal traditions, and relative cultural and linguistic continuity.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mixe people canonical 36
Mixe 1
Mixe Indigenous people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Mexico ⓘ
culturalArea Sierra Norte region of Oaxaca ⓘ
ethnonym Mixe ⓘ
governance cargo system ⓘ
communal assemblies ⓘ
hasSubgroup Highland Mixe ⓘ
linked to: North Highland Mixe

Lowland Mixe ⓘ
Midland Mixe ⓘ
hasTraditionalAuthority municipal authorities elected by customary law ⓘ
village assemblies ⓘ
historicalRegion Mesoamerica ⓘ
knownFor cultural continuity ⓘ
linguistic continuity ⓘ
resistance to outside domination ⓘ
strong communal traditions ⓘ
language Ayöök ⓘ
Mixe languages ⓘ
languageFamily Mixe–Zoquean languages ⓘ
legalStatus recognized indigenous people of Mexico ⓘ
locatedIn Oaxaca ⓘ
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Oaxaca ⓘ
region Sierra Mixe ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
indigenous Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
selfDesignation Ayöökjä’äy ⓘ
linked to: Ayöök
state Oaxaca ⓘ
traditionalCrop beans ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalMusic brass bands ⓘ
wind bands ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature mountain worship ⓘ
veneration of sacred places ⓘ
uses communal land tenure ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (40)

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

Oaxaca → hasIndigenousGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
Mixe languages → spokenBy → Mixe people ⓘ
Zoque → neighboringGroups → Mixe ⓘ
linked to: Mixe people
Tuxtepec → hasIndigenousPresence → Mixe people ⓘ
Zoque people → relatedGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca → inhabitedBy → Mixe people ⓘ
Oaxaca (state) → hasEthnicGroup → Mixé people ⓘ
subject linked to: Oaxaca state
linked to: Mixe people
Isthmus Mixe → ethnicity → Mixe people ⓘ
South Highland Mixe → ethnicGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
North Highland Mixe → spokenBy → Mixe people ⓘ
Lowland Mixe → ethnicGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
Ayöök → ethnicGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
Isthmus of Tehuantepec foothills → culturalRegionOf → Mixe-speaking groups ⓘ
linked to: Mixe people
Istmo region of Oaxaca → ethnicGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
Juquila Mixe → spokenBy → Mixe people ⓘ
Juquila Mixe → ethnicGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
Sierra Mixe → traditionalHomelandOf → Mixe people ⓘ
Sierra Mixe → traditionalHomelandOf → Mixe Indigenous people ⓘ
linked to: Mixe people
Sierra Mixe → hasEthnicGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
Midland Mixe → partOf → Mixe people ⓘ
Tlahuitoltepec Mixe → ethnicGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
Guichicovi Mixe → spokenBy → Mixe people ⓘ
Guichicovi Mixe → ethnicGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
Ocotepec Mixe → ethnicGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
Quetzaltepec Mixe → ethnicGroup → Mixe people ⓘ
Cacalotepec Mixe → spokenBy → Mixe people ⓘ
Cacalotepec Mixe → ethnicity → Mixe people ⓘ
Alotepec Mixe → spokenBy → Mixe people ⓘ
Alotepec Mixe → hasSubject → Mixe people ⓘ
Ayuujk → spokenBy → Mixe people ⓘ
Ayuujk → ethnicity → Mixe people ⓘ