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Mixe
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Mixe
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| Indigenous Group |
Mixe (Also known as: Ayüük jä’äy, Ayuuk, Mixes, Mije)
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| Location |
Mexico, North Eastern Oaxaca, Sierra Mixe, Valley of Oaxaca to the Southwest, Eastern Tehuantepec Lowlands and Northern Veracruz State
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| Estimated Population |
103,089 (2005,
INEGI) |
| Environment |
Forest / Highland / Lowland / Urban / Temperate / Tropical
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Paid Labor
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Mixe
Classification:
Mixe-Zoque, Mixe, Eastern / Western Mixe, Lowland / Midland / South Highland / North Highland Mixe
Alternate Names:
Ayüük jä’äy, Ayuuk, Ayook, Mixe, Mixean
Dialects: Coatlán Mixe, Istmo Mixe, Quetzaltepec Mixe, Juquila Mixe, Mazatlán Mixe, Totontepec Mixe, Tlahuitoltepec Mixe |
| Website URLs |
CDI Overview of the Mixe People
CDI Publication on Mixe People
CDI Video: Music in the Mixe Community
Universidad Iboamericano: La Universidad Indígena Intercultural Ayuuk
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| NGOs |
Servicios del Pueblo Mixe (SER)
Taller Universitario de Derechos Humanos de Oaxaca
Consejo Indígena Popular de Oaxaca (CIPO)
Red India de Oaxaca (RIO)
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