Explore: Nahuas And Mixtecs

The Nahuas (/ˈnɑːwɑːz/ NAH-wahz) are a Uto-Nahuan ethnicity and one of the Indigenous people of Mexico, with Nahua minorities also in El Salvador, Guatemala

enforce tribute collection from the Mixtecs and Zapotecs. However, not all Mixtec towns became vassals. The Mixtecs put up some resistance to Spanish forces

weapons and uniforms used by the Mixtecs. Long-range attack weapons: Among the long distance attack weapons used by the Mixtecs were the typical bows and arrows

Stanford University Press. Lockhart, James (1992). The Nahuas After the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central Mexico, Sixteenth

Salvador and parts of Honduras. They are a subgroup of Nahua people, who can also be known as Nawats, Nahuats, or Southern Nahuas.[citation needed] Nahua people

independence: Tlaxcala (Nahua), Meztitlán (Otomí), Teotitlán del Camino (Cuicatec), Tututepec (Mixtec), Tehuantepec (Zapotec), and the northwest (ruled at

establish and govern relations between the state, classes, and individuals. State authorities meted out punishments solely. The Nahuas enshrined Nahua mores

tradition. Most notably present in the state of Oaxaca are the Zapotec, Nahua and Mixtec tribes. Each of these groups of indigenous people contributed their

Lockhart 1992, p. 1 writes, "These people I call the Nahuas, a name they sometimes used themselves and the one that has become current today in Mexico, in

Mexico-Tenochtitlan rulers Maya civilization Mesoamerica Mesoamerican chronology Mixtec people Nahuas Nahuatl The term was not used as an endonym, see #Definitions Smith