Mascogos

Centered on the town of El Nacimiento in Múzquiz Municipality, the group are descendants of Black Seminoles escaping the threat of slavery in the United States.

[5] Mascogo traditional dishes include soske (a type of atole), tetapún (bread made from camote), pumpkin or piloncillo empanadas and pan de mortero.

[3] The traditional costume of the Mascogo women is a long, polka-dotted dress, an apron and a kerchief tied around the head.

[3] According to Homero Vásquez, an elderly Mascogo whose mother was from Chihuahua, starting in the 1930s there was an influx of farmers to the region resulting in an increase of marriage with outsiders.

[3] There is significant migration to other parts of Mexico and the United States of the young people of El Nacimiento due to a lack of opportunities.