Mixe people

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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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Mixe people canonical 6
Mixe 1
Mixé 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 de Oaxaca
surface form: Sierra Norte region of Oaxaca
ethnonym Mixe
governance cargo system
communal assemblies
hasSubgroup North Highland Mixe
surface form: 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 Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
indigenous Mesoamerican religion
selfDesignation Ayöök
surface form: Ayöökjä’äy
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

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Referenced by (8)

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 people
this entity surface form: Mixe
Tuxtepec hasIndigenousPresence Mixe people
Zoque people relatedGroup Mixe people
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca inhabitedBy Mixe people
Oaxaca state hasEthnicGroup Mixe people
subject surface form: Oaxaca (state)
this entity surface form: Mixé people