Indigenous People In Mexico Today

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Mexico today would not be the same if the historical events and individuals that were there throughout time didn't exsist. With that being said there are three main principle groups in which have contributed to the historical development and cultural evolution of Mexico: the indigenous people, the Africans and the Spanish. They brought many different languages, cultural ideas, architectural, and political ideas many of which lead to many changes. The indigenous group consists of 15.7 million people in Mexico which is 14.9% of the population in Mexico today. There are currently 62 different indigenous languages, which constitutes about 5.4% of the population in Mexico today (Wycoff, Aug 17th-19th). The indigenous people were mainly located …show more content…

Carols Quinto created asientos which were contracts which gave people rights to the slave trade. He promoted slave trade for the money that he was able to bring back to Spain. This had a huge impact on the African population in Mexico, by 1553 the African population reached 20,000. In 1646 the African population reached 35,809, at this time there were more Africans in Mexico than there were Europeans up until 1810 (Wycoff, Aug 17th-19th). Africans contributed a lot to Mexico and you can still see this evident in Mexico today. The Africans brought a lot of musical influence, they introduced the mbira, lamellopene, and marimba. The types of music the Africans brought over to Mexico are still being played such as the song La Bamba. (Wycoff, Aug 17th-19th). The Africans also created a corrido, which is a ballad form in which they were able to communicate about slave uprises. The first documented slave rebellion was in 1537. Due to the slave uprises Palenque's (established slave run away communities) were created. In 1822 slavery was abolished by Vicente Guerro, it wasn't until 1829 that slavery was completely gone (Wycoff, Aug 17th-19th). You can see the evolution of African influence by looking at Vincente who was a president in Mexico, he was part African, and Jose Maria Morelose y Pavon, a revolutionary leader, who was also part African. There are many afromexicans now due to the mass population of Africans in Mexico (Wycoff, Aug

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