Editor’s note: Mexico’s Indigenous cultures are not only part of the country’s past—they remain central to its living identity, rights and collective future. A landmark Supreme Court ruling now allows Indigenous and Afro-Mexican communities to participate as interested third parties in constitutional disputes that may affect their collective rights, addressing a long history of judicial exclusion. At the same time, INAH’s discovery of a ceremonial plaza and an unprecedented stele in Coatepec adds new evidence to the depth and complexity of Mexico’s pre-Hispanic heritage. Together, these stories show why Indigenous cultures must be understood both as a source of historical knowledge and as living communities whose voices matter in Mexico today.
MND Staff
Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled Indigenous and Afro-Mexican communities can join constitutional trials as interested third parties, a first in the court’s history.
The stele features engravings alluding to a symbolic event in which two elite figures, seated and wearing elaborate attire, receive a fluid from a divine entity holding a vessel on…
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