What Native American tribes lived in El Salvador?

Native American Tribes of El Salvador This is an index to the Native American language and cultural information on our website pertaining to Salvadoran Indian tribes. Some pages contain more information than others. read more

The Olmecs were the first advanced Meso american civilization, and are believed to have lived in present-day El Salvador as early as 2000 BC. The 'Olmec Boulder, ' a sculpture of a giant head found near Casa Blanca in Western El Salvador, is very similar to those found in Olmec centers in Tabasco, Mexico, and suggests their early presence and influence here. read more

Rather, Indians in El Salvador can only be defined as a historically conditioned socio-economic category made up of descendants of the first peoples in America, who by means of the Spanish conquest were reduced to conditions of acute exploitation, misery, oppression and social injustice, conditions that, in essence, are maintained in their descendants. read more