• PEOPLE NAME: NORTHERN PAME OF MEXICO

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PEID: 24932

ROP: 107440

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Xi’iuy, Pame del Norte; Xi’iuy; Northern Chichimeca Pame, Northern Chichimeca Pame, Pame del Norte, Northern Pame

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 10,500

Global Population: 10,500


PEID: 24932

ROP: 107440

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Northern Pame of Mexico, numbering 10,500, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Central American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Northern Pame is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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