Essays And Research on Indigenous Mexico

In this post, you can read about John P. Schmal’s extraordinary job in his work Essays And Research on Indigenous Mexico.

I am sharing this resource with you since I know that many of us that have roots in Mexico also have indigenous roots.

I myself, based on my DNA research, am 25%. Unfortunately, I have not been able to trace these ancestors further due to the lack of documents on them.

What we can do is read more about the empires and or tribes that they might have come from to learn more about their cultures and this is a great resource to get more information about this.

The following is a list of essays that you can find,

THE MEXICAN CENSUS

• The Indigenous Languages of Mexico: A Present-Day Overview
• Mexico’s 1921 Census: A Unique Perspective
• Mexico’s 2010 Census: A Unique Perspective
• Indigenous Mexico Statistics: The 2005 Conteo
• Extranjeros in Mexico (1895-2000)
• Mexico and Its Religions

INDIGENOUS ROOTS IN MEXICO

• Indigenous Roots in Mexico
• Tracing Your Indigenous Roots in Sonora
• Indigenous Coahuila de Zaragoza

ZACATECAS HISTORY AND RESEARCH

• Mexican Americans Finding Their Roots
• The History of Zacatecas
• The Indigenous People of Zacatecas
• The Mexicanization of the Zacatecas Indians
• Genealogical Research in Zacatecas
• Indigenous Roots: Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Jalisco (the Chichimeca Story)
• The Caxanes of Nochistlán: Defenders of their Homeland

JALISCO HISTORY AND RESEARCH

• Mexico: The Best Records in the World
• Los Tapatiós de California: Returning to Their Jalisco Roots
• The History of Jalisco
• Indigenous Jalisco: Living in a New Era

AGUASCALIENTES

THE AZTEC EMPIRE

• The Mexica: From Obscurity to Dominance
• The History of the Tlaxcalans
• The Defeat of the Aztecs
• Indigenous Guerrero: A Remnant of the Aztec Empire

SOUTHERN MEXICO

• Campeche: On the Edge of the Mayan World
• Oaxaca: A Land of Diversity
• Indigenous Yucatán
• The Mixtecs and Zapotecs: Two Enduring Cultures of Oaxaca
• Chiapas – Forever Indigenous

NORTHWEST MEXICO

• Indigenous Baja: Living on the Edge of Existence
• The Yaqui Indians: Four centuries of resistance
• NW Mexico: Four centuries of resistance
• An Entire Frontier in Flames
• Indigenous Nayarit Resistance in the Sierra Madre

EASTERN MEXICO

• The Indigenous Veracruz
• Indigenous Tamaulipas

SURNAME SERIES

• Bobadilla
• Ledesma
• Lozano
• Orozco

If any of the above interests you, you can check them out here:

• http://www.somosprimos.com/schmal/schmal.htm#INDIGENOUS%20ROOTS:%20

Note, once there click the brown bullet point next to the title to open the document. Let me know in the comments section what you think about these essays.