Mixtecs

The Mixtecs, who call themselves Ñuu Savi, 'people of the rain', are an indigenous people of western Oaxaca and neighbouring parts of Guerrero and Puebla in Mexico. Before the Spanish conquest they lived in many small kingdoms such as Tilantongo and Tututepec, whose histories they recorded in painted screenfold books, and were renowned for gold work and turquoise mosaic. Many fell under Aztec rule in the 15th century. Mixtec languages are still widely spoken.