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 (6)

Label Occurrences
Chichimeca peoples canonical 3
Chichimec 2
Chichimeca Jonaz people 2

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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 Nahua
surface form: Nahuas
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
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages

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
surface form: Huastec people

Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization
surface form: Tarascan state
opponent Viceroyalty of New Spain
surface form: 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

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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 Chichimeca peoples
this entity surface form: Chichimec
Chichimeca Jonaz spokenBy Chichimeca peoples
this entity surface form: Chichimeca Jonaz people
Chichimeca Jonaz ethnicGroup Chichimeca peoples
this entity surface form: Chichimeca Jonaz people
Juan Diego ethnicity Chichimeca peoples
this entity surface form: Chichimeca
Tenayuca archaeological and historical area associatedWithEthnicGroup Chichimeca peoples
this entity surface form: Chichimec people
Piramide de Tenayuca culture Chichimeca peoples
this entity surface form: Chichimec
El Cerrito archaeological zone hasCulturalAssociation Chichimeca peoples
this entity surface form: Chichimeca groups