page_title: List of indigenous peoples
section_title: Mesoamerica
hierarchical_section_title: List of indigenous peoples / Americas / North America / Mesoamerica
caption_attribution_description: English: Mam people, 2 girls photographed in the country, north of Ostuncalco, SW Guatemala
context_page_description: This is a partial list of the world's indigenous / aboriginal / native people. Indigenous people are "those ethnic groups that were indigenous to a territory prior to being incorporated into a national state, and who are politically and culturally separate from the majority ethnic identity of the state that they are a part of". There are internationally recognized definitions of indigenous peoples, such as those of the United Nations, the International Labour Organization and the World Bank.
  This list is grouped by region, and sub-region. Note that a particular group may warrant listing under more than one region, either because the group is distributed in more than one region in North America and eastern Russia, or there may be some overlap of the regions themselves.
context_section_description: Huave (Ikoots/Kunajts): Oaxaca, Mexico
  Lenca: Honduras and El Salvador
  Maya peoples
  Ch'olan peoples
  Ch'ol: Chiapas, Mexico
  Ch'orti': El Salvador
  Chontal Maya (Yokot'anob/Yokot'an): Tabasco, Mexico
  Tzeltal (Winik Atel/Batzilʼop): Chiapas, Mexico
  Tzotzil (Bats'ik'op]]/Sotz'leb): Chiapas, Mexico
  Huastec (Téenek/Te' Inik): San Luis Potosí, Mexico
  Mamean peoples
  Ixil: Guatemala
  Mam: Guatemala
  Q'anjobalan peoples
  Chuj: Guatemala
  Jakaltek: Guatemala – also called Poptí
  Q'anjob'al: Guatemala
  Tojolabal: Guatemala
  Qichean peoples
  Achi': Guatemala
  Kaqchikel: Guatemala
  K'iche': Guatemala
  Poqomchi': Guatemala
  Poqomam: Guatemala
  Q'eqchi': Guatemala
  Tz'utujil: Guatemala
  Yucatecan peoples
  Itza: Guatemala
  Lacandón (Hach Winik): Chiapas, Mexico
  Mopan: Guatemala and Belize
  Yucatec Maya (Maya proper) (Màaya): Yucatán, Quintana Roo and Campeche, Mexico
  Mixe-Zoquean peoples
  Mixe (Ayüükjä'äy): Oaxaca, Mexico
  Zoque: Oaxaca and Chiapas Mexico
  Oto-Manguean peoples
  Amuzgo (Tzjon Non/Tzo'tyio/Ñ'anncue): Oaxaca, Mexico
  Chinantec: Oaxaca, Mexico
  Manguean
  Chorotega (Mangue/Mankeme): Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
  Mixtecan
  Cuicatec:Oaxaca, Mexico
  Mixtec (Ñuù Savi/Nayívi Savi/Ñuù Davi/Nayivi Davi): Oaxaca, Mexico
  Trique: Oaxaca, Mexico
  Oto-Pamean peoples
  Chichimeca Jonaz (Úza): San Luis Potosí, Mexico
  Matlatzinca: Mexico (state), Mexico
  Mazahua (Tetjo Ñaa Jñatjo): Mexico (state), Mexico
  Otomi (Hñähñu/Hñähño/Ñuhu/Ñhato/Ñuhmu): Central Mexico, Mexico
  Pame (Xi'úi): San Luis Potosí, Mexico
  Popolocan peoples
  Chocho (Ngiwa): Oaxaca, Mexico
  Ixcatec: Oaxaca, Mexico
  Popoloca: Oaxaca, and Puebla, Mexico
  Mazatec (Ha Shuta Enima): Puebla and Oaxaca, Mexico
  Tlapanec (Me'phaa): Guerrero, Mexico
  Zapotecan peoples
  Chatino (Kitse Cha'tño): Oaxaca, Mexico
  Zapotec (Be'ena'a/Didxažon): Oaxaca, Mexico
  Tarascan (P'urhépecha): Michoacán, Mexico
  Tequistlatecan/Chontal de Oaxaca: Oaxaca, Mexico
  Totonacan peoples
  Totonac (Tutunacu): Veracruz and Puebla, Mexico
  Uto-Aztecan peoples
  Aztecan peoples
  Nahua (Nāhuatlācah): Mexico
  Corachol peoples
  Cora (Náayarite): Jalisco and Nayarit, Mexico
  Huichol (Wixáritari/Wixárita): Jalisco and Nayarit, Mexico
  Xinca (Xinka): Guatemala
caption: Mam people.
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