Chichimeca peoples

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The Chichimeca peoples were a diverse group of semi-nomadic indigenous cultures of northern Mexico known for their hunting-gathering lifestyle and resistance to Mesoamerican and later Spanish expansion.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Chichimeca Jonaz people 10
Chichimeca peoples canonical 7
Chichimeca 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
historical ethnic group
indigenous people
conflict Chichimeca War
continent North America
country Mexico
culturalDiversity collective term for multiple distinct groups
economicActivity fishing
gathering
hunting
limited agriculture
environment arid and semi-arid regions
plateaus of northern Mexico
ethnonymUsedBy Nahuas
linked to: Nahua
includedGroup Cazcan
Guachichil
Pame
Zacateco
influenced frontier policies of New Spain
knownFor Chichimeca War
resistance to Mesoamerican expansion
resistance to Spanish conquest
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan

various indigenous languages of northern Mexico
legacy ethnographic and historical studies of northern Mesoamerica
place names in northern and central Mexico
lifestyle semi-nomadic
militaryTactic guerrilla warfare
neighboringCulture Aztec Empire
Huastec people
linked to: Huastec

Tarascan state
opponent New Spain colonists
Spanish Empire
region Northern Mexico
religion indigenous Mesoamerican religion
socialOrganization tribal bands
subsistenceStrategy mobile hunting and gathering
termMeaning often used by Nahuas to denote northern nomadic peoples
timePeriod 16th century
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
weapon atlatl
bow and arrow

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aridoamerica inhabitedBy Chichimeca peoples
Spanish–Native American wars opposedBy Chichimeca peoples
Pame hasLinguisticRelation Chichimec
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Chichimeca Jonaz spokenBy Chichimeca Jonaz people
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Chichimeca Jonaz ethnicGroup Chichimeca Jonaz people
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Juan Diego ethnicity Chichimeca
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Tenayuca archaeological and historical area associatedWithEthnicGroup Chichimec people
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Piramide de Tenayuca culture Chichimec
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
El Cerrito archaeological zone hasCulturalAssociation Chichimeca groups
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Oto-Pamean ethnolinguisticGroup Chichimeca Jonaz people
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Otomian languages ethnicGroup Chichimeca Jonaz people
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Mixcoatl culture Chichimec
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Mixcoatl associatedWith Chichimec peoples
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Chichimeca War mainBelligerent Chichimeca peoples
Guachichil partOf Chichimeca peoples
Cazcan partOf Chichimeca
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Zacateco subgroupOf Chichimeca
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Zacateco broaderCulturalGrouping Chichimeca peoples
Eza’r endonymFor Chichimeca Jonaz people
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Eza’r ethnicGroupOf Chichimeca Jonaz people
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Eza’r languageOf Chichimeca Jonaz people
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Ezar alternativeNameOf Chichimeca Jonaz people
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Misión de Chichimecas, Guanajuato inhabitedBy Chichimeca Jonaz people
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Misión de Chichimecas, Guanajuato hasCulturalSignificanceFor Chichimeca Jonaz people
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Cuāuhtlahtoātzīn ethnicGroup Chichimeca
linked to: Chichimeca peoples
Chichimec polity hasEthnicComposition Chichimec peoples
linked to: Chichimeca peoples