Present-day country
Mexico
36 nations list Mexico among their present-day countries.
Present-day countries are listed by ISO 3166 names. Many nations live across more than one.
36 nations
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Ayuuk
Also known as Mixes
Lands The Sierra Mixe of northeastern Oaxaca, Mexico, including Tlahuitoltepec, Tamazulapam, Ayutla and Guichicovi
Backstrap loom weaving continues in Tamazulapam, Tlahuitoltepec and Cotzocón, and young Ayuuk artists are taking up mural and canvas painting.
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Binnizá
Also known as Zapotecos
Lands The Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, including Juchitán and Tehuantepec
Velas, festivals honoring patron saints, family names, trades and places, are a central Binnizá institution; Juchitán alone celebrates about 24 of them.
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Ch'ol
Also known as Chol
Lands Northern Chiapas, Mexico, including Tila, Tumbalá, Palenque, Sabanilla and Salto de Agua
La Voz de la Selva, a Chiapas public radio station on air since 2000 in Santo Domingo, Ocosingo, broadcasts in Spanish, Tseltal, Ch'ol and Lacandón.
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Cocopah
Also known as Cucapá
Lands Lower Colorado River and delta: south of Yuma and near Somerton, Arizona, US, and the Mexicali valley of Baja California and San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico
About 1,000 Cocopah tribal members live and work on or near their reservation south of Yuma, Arizona, which was established in 1917.
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Comcaac
Also known as Konkaak
Lands Desert coast of Sonora on the Gulf of California, Mexico, including Punta Chueca, El Desemboque and Tiburón Island
In 1975 Mexico declared the Canal del Infiernillo an exclusive Comcaac fishing zone and symbolically granted them Tiburón Island, a nature reserve, as communal land.
Source: Sistema de Información Cultural, Secretaría de Cultura (Mexico) (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Dibaku
Also known as Cuicateco
Lands La Cañada region of northeastern Oaxaca, Mexico, including Cuicatlán, Concepción Pápalo and Santos Reyes Pápalo
Since 1991, La Voz de la Chinantla has broadcast with bilingual staff in Chinantec, Mazatec and Cuicatec, recording music and oral tradition with communities.
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Ha shuta enima
Also known as Mazatecos
Lands The Sierra Mazateca of northern Oaxaca around Huautla de Jiménez, Mexico, and nearby parts of Veracruz
The sound archive of La Voz de la Chinantla, an INPI station in Oaxaca, holds over 5,000 music recordings, including Mazatec huehuentones musicians.
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Hach Winik
Also known as Lacandón
Lands The Lacandon Jungle of eastern Chiapas, Mexico
La Voz de la Selva, a Chiapas public station in Santo Domingo, Ocosingo, includes Lacandón among its broadcast languages, along with Spanish, Tseltal and Ch'ol.
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Hñähñu
Also known as Otomí
Lands The Valle del Mezquital in Hidalgo, Mexico
La Voz del Pueblo Hñähñu, an INPI station in Cardonal, Hidalgo, has broadcast since 1999 in Hñähñu, Nahuatl and Spanish to spread and revitalize original languages.
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Ikoots
Also known as Huave
Lands The lagoons and coast of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico: San Mateo del Mar, San Dionisio del Mar and San Francisco del Mar
Ikoots women weave huipiles, tablecloths and napkins with thread dyed using the secretion of a sea snail, while men make fishing nets.
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Jñatrjo
Also known as Jñatjo
Lands The northwestern State of Mexico and eastern Michoacán, Mexico
La Voz de la Sierra Oriente, on air since 1998 for Mazahua and Otomí communities, hosts poetry recitals and rock concerts in their own languages.
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Kitsé Cha'tnio
Also known as Chatino
Lands Southwestern Oaxaca, Mexico, near the Pacific coast, including Juquila, Yaitepec, Quiahije and Nopala
Since 1994, La Voz de la Costa Chica in Santiago Jamiltepec, Oaxaca has broadcast in Mixtec, Amuzgo, Chatino, Tacuate and Spanish.
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Kumeyaay
Also known as Kumiai
Lands San Diego and Imperial counties, California, US, and Tecate, Ensenada and Rosarito in Baja California, Mexico
North of the US and Mexico border there are 12 Kumeyaay Nation bands today, each original to Kumeyaay territory. Sycuan is one of them.
Source: Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Mam
Also known as Maya Mam
Lands Western highlands of Guatemala (Huehuetenango, San Marcos, Quetzaltenango) and neighboring Chiapas, Mexico
In October 2025, the Mam communities of Cajolá and Todos Santos Cuchumatán joined two other Maya communities in reporting to a UN committee on their community radio rights.
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Maya
Also known as Mayas
Lands Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo, on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula
La Voz de los Mayas, an INPI radio station broadcasting from Peto, Yucatán since 1982, reaches 677 localities across the peninsula in Maya and Spanish.
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Me'phaa
Also known as Tlapanecos
Lands La Montaña and Costa Chica regions of Guerrero, Mexico, including Malinaltepec, Acatepec, Tlacoapa and Zapotitlán Tablas
La Voz de la Montaña in Tlapa, on air since 1979, keeps at least 60 percent of its airtime in the region's original languages, including Me'phaa.
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Nahua
Also known as Nahuas
Lands Many states of central and southern Mexico, including Puebla, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Guerrero, San Luis Potosí, the State of Mexico, Morelos, Tlaxcala and Mexico City
XEZON, an INPI radio station in the Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz, serves Nahua communities; relatives working in the United States can hear family on its programs by phone.
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Ngiwa
Also known as Ngigua
Lands Southern Puebla, Mexico, in the Tehuacán region, including Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez, San Marcos Tlacoyalco and Los Reyes Metzontla
Among the Popoloca, the mayordomía organizes festivals, defends shared interests and is a key source of community cohesion and identity.
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Nn'anncue
Also known as Amuzgo
Lands The Sierra of the Costa Chica on the Guerrero and Oaxaca border, Mexico, including Xochistlahuaca, San Pedro Amuzgos and Santa María Ipalapa
After a struggle that began in 1920, Amuzgo lands were restored as an ejido on August 25, 1933, covering 6,384 hectares.
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Ñuu Savi
Also known as Mixtecos
Lands La Mixteca, in northwestern Oaxaca, southern Puebla and eastern Guerrero, Mexico, with migrant communities across Mexico and in the United States
La Voz de la Mixteca, an INPI station in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, serves Mixtec, Triqui and Chocholtec peoples and has streamed online since 2006, reaching migrants in the United States.
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O' de püt
Also known as Zoque
Lands Northwestern and central Chiapas, Mexico, including Copainalá, Ocotepec, Tapalapa, Tecpatán, Ocozocoautla and Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Since 1997, the INPI station La Voz de los Vientos has broadcast from Copainalá, a town whose Zoque name is Pokiomä, in Zoque, Tsotsil and Spanish.
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Popoluca
Also known as Popolucas
Lands Southern Veracruz, Mexico, in the Isthmus region, including Soteapan and Sayula
At the local level, Popoluca towns keep a compact character, organized by neighborhoods in Soteapan and by blocks in Sayula.
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P'urhépecha
Also known as Purépecha
Lands Michoacán, Mexico: the Meseta P'urhépecha, Lake Pátzcuaro, the Ciénega de Zacapu and the Cañada de los Once Pueblos
Every February 2, the INPI station La Voz de los P'urhépechas in Cherán launches a new program schedule to welcome the P'urhépecha New Year.
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Rarámuri
Also known as Ralámuli
Lands Sierra Tarahumara in Chihuahua, Mexico, with smaller communities in Durango, Sonora and Sinaloa
Rarámuri artisans make violins, drums, palm baskets, clay pots and wooden masks, and sell them in towns such as Guachochi, Creel and Batopilas.
Source: Sistema de Información Cultural, Secretaría de Cultura (Mexico) (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Tohono O’odham
Also known as Pápago
Lands Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona, US (Sells is the capital), with O’odham communities across the border in Sonora, Mexico
Divided by the border since the 1850s, O’odham communities in Sonora, Mexico, and Arizona still share a common culture and sense of being one people.
Source: Sistema de Información Cultural, Secretaría de Cultura (Mexico) (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Tojol-ab'al
Also known as Tojolabal
Lands Las Margaritas, Comitán and the Meseta Comiteca of Chiapas, Mexico, near the border with Guatemala
Brisas de Montebello, a Chiapas public station in La Trinitaria, broadcasts in Spanish, Tojolabal, Kaqchikel and Q'anjob'al.
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Triqui
Also known as Triquis
Lands Western Oaxaca, Mexico: a lower zone centered on San Juan Copala and an upper zone centered on San Andrés Chicahuaxtla
La Voz de la Mixteca, an INPI radio station in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, broadcasts in Mixtec, Triqui and Spanish.
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Tsa ju jmí'
Also known as Chinantecos
Lands La Chinantla in northeastern Oaxaca, Mexico, and resettled communities in Veracruz
Since November 18, 1991, La Voz de la Chinantla, an INPI station in San Lucas Ojitlán, has broadcast with bilingual Chinantec, Mazatec and Cuicatec staff.
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Tseltal
Also known as Tzeltal
Lands The Highlands, north and Selva regions of Chiapas, Mexico, including Tenejapa, Oxchuc, Cancuc and Ocosingo
K'in Radio, a Chiapas state public station in Ocosingo, broadcasts in Spanish and Tseltal.
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Tsotsil
Also known as Tzotzil
Lands The Highlands (Los Altos) of Chiapas, Mexico, including Chamula and Zinacantán
La Voz de los Vientos, an INPI radio station in Copainalá, Chiapas, broadcasts in Zoque, Tsotsil and Spanish.
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Tutunakú
Also known as Totonaco
Lands The Totonacapan: northern Veracruz around Papantla and the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico
Community groups asked for radio in their own languages, and since 1994 La Voz de la Sierra Norte in Cuetzalan, Puebla has served Nahua and Totonac peoples.
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Warihó and Macurawe
Also known as Guarijío
Lands Foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental on the Chihuahua and Sonora border, Mexico
Warihó and Macurawe families weave baskets, mats and hats from palm and fiber and build harps, violins and guitars. Their craft work is family based and rests with women.
Source: Sistema de Información Cultural, Secretaría de Cultura (Mexico) (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Wixárika
Also known as Wixaritari
Lands Sierra Madre Occidental in Jalisco and Nayarit, Mexico, with communities in Durango and Zacatecas
In July 2025 UNESCO added the Wixárika Route through sacred sites to Wirikuta, a 500 km corridor, to the World Heritage List after decades of Wixaritari requests.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Yoeme
Also known as Yaqui
Lands Yaqui River valley in Sonora, Mexico, and Pascua Yaqui communities near Tucson, Arizona, US
Most Yoeme people today live in the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa, and the federally recognized Pascua Yaqui Tribe is based in Tucson, Arizona.
Source: U.S. National Park Service (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Yokot'an
Also known as Yokot'anob
Lands Tabasco, Mexico: Nacajuca, Centla, Centro, Jonuta and Macuspana
La Voz de los Chontales, an INPI radio station in Nacajuca, Tabasco, opened on February 28, 2020 to strengthen the Yokot'an language.
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Yoreme
Also known as Mayo
Lands Southern Sonora (Etchojoa, Huatabampo, Navojoa) and northern Sinaloa (Ahome, El Fuerte, Guasave), Mexico
Yoreme communities have traditional governors. In December 2025 they met Mexico’s federal agrarian office to set a path for continuing the Yoreme-Mayo Justice Plan.
Source: Quadratín México (republished Procuraduría Agraria bulletin) (opens in a new tab) Checked