Indigenous territories of Mexico

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Indigenous territory cultural region traditional territory

The Indigenous territories of Mexico are regions historically and presently inhabited and governed by diverse Indigenous peoples, characterized by distinct cultural, linguistic, and communal land-use traditions.

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Label	Occurrences
Indigenous territories of Mexico canonical	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous territory ⓘ cultural region ⓘ traditional territory ⓘ
characteristic	collective land tenure practices ⓘ communal land-use traditions ⓘ customary governance systems ⓘ distinct Indigenous cultures ⓘ distinct Indigenous languages ⓘ historically inhabited by Indigenous peoples ⓘ presently inhabited by Indigenous peoples ⓘ
continuity	continuous occupation from pre-Hispanic times to present ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
culturalSignificance	maintenance of traditional knowledge ⓘ practice of Indigenous religions and rituals ⓘ preservation of Indigenous languages ⓘ
economicActivities	artisanal production ⓘ communal forestry ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ traditional fishing ⓘ
environmentalRole	conservation of biodiversity ⓘ protection of forests ⓘ protection of watersheds ⓘ
governanceForm	usos y costumbres ⓘ
governedBy	Indigenous customary authorities ⓘ community assemblies ⓘ
includes	territories of Chinantec peoples ⓘ territories of Huichol (Wixárika) peoples ⓘ territories of Lacandon Maya peoples ⓘ territories of Maya peoples ⓘ territories of Mazahua peoples ⓘ territories of Mazatec peoples ⓘ territories of Mixe peoples ⓘ territories of Mixtec peoples ⓘ territories of Nahua peoples ⓘ territories of Otomí peoples ⓘ territories of Purépecha peoples ⓘ territories of Rarámuri (Tarahumara) peoples ⓘ territories of Seri peoples ⓘ territories of Totonac peoples ⓘ territories of Tzeltal peoples ⓘ territories of Tzotzil peoples ⓘ territories of Yaqui peoples ⓘ territories of Zapotec peoples ⓘ
legalFramework	Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ surface form: Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 ⓘ surface form: Convenio 169 de la OIT United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ⓘ surface form: Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas
legalStatus	partially recognized by Mexican law ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ
mainRegions	Chiapas Highlands ⓘ Huasteca Potosina ⓘ surface form: Huasteca region Isthmus of Tehuantepec ⓘ La Montaña de Guerrero ⓘ Sierra Madre del Sur ⓘ Sierra Norte de Oaxaca ⓘ Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ surface form: Sierra Tarahumara in Chihuahua Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ surface form: Tarahumara Sierra Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
population	large proportion of Mexico’s Indigenous population ⓘ
recognizedBy	Instituto Nacional Indigenista ⓘ surface form: Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas (INPI) Government of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Mexican federal government (in varying degrees)
right	right to communal property ⓘ right to prior consultation ⓘ right to self-determination ⓘ
threatenedBy	agribusiness expansion ⓘ deforestation ⓘ hydroelectric dams ⓘ large-scale mining ⓘ resource extraction projects ⓘ
timeDepth	pre-Columbian origin ⓘ

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San Telmo region → partOf → Indigenous territories of Mexico ⓘ