Editing Oaxaca (section)

====Mazatecos====
The [[Mazateco]]s number at about 165,000 or 15% of Oaxaca's indigenous population.<ref name="diversidad"/> (perfil soc) These people occupy the northernmost area of the state, in the upper [[Sierra Madre Oriental]] mountains and the Papaloapan Basin. The Mazatecos call themselves Ha shuta enima, which means People of Custom. Some historians believe that the Mazatecos descend from the [[Chichimeca|Nonoalca-Chichimecas]], who migrated south from Tula early in the 12th century. While most live in Oaxaca, a significant number of Mazatecos also occupy Veracruz and Puebla.<ref name="1schmal"/>

The [[Chinanteco]]s account for about 10% of Oaxaca's indigenous people, numbering at about 104,000.<ref name="perfilsoc"/><ref name="latinola">{{cite web |url=http://www.latinola.com/story.php?story=3908 |title=Oaxaca: Land of Diversity |author=Schmal, John P. |date=January 28, 2007 |access-date=January 1, 2008 |archive-date=January 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122054416/http://www.latinola.com/story.php?story=3908 |url-status=dead}}</ref> They inhabit the Chinantla region of north central Oaxaca near the border of Veracruz. The Chinanteco language has as many as 14 different dialects and is part of the Oto-Manguean linguistic group. Historians believe that those living in this region struggled to maintain their independence against sudden and numerous attacks by the Zapotecs, Mixtecs, Mixes and Aztecs. The latter, led by [[Moctezuma I]], finally conquered the Chinantla region during the 15th century.<ref name="1schmal"/><ref name="latinola"/>