Guachichil

E678664

Chichimeca group Indigenous people

The Guachichil were an Indigenous people of north-central Mexico, known as one of the most formidable Chichimeca groups that resisted Spanish conquest during the 16th century.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chichimeca group ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ
approximateLanguageFamily	Uto-Aztecan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Chichimeca War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
culturalPractice	body painting ⓘ face painting ⓘ
descendantCommunities	Indigenous communities in San Luis Potosí ⓘ Indigenous communities in Zacatecas ⓘ
encounterCentury	16th century ⓘ
encounteredBy	Spanish conquistadors ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	north-central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
impact	influenced Spanish defensive and mission policies in northern Mexico ⓘ slowed Spanish expansion in northern New Spain ⓘ
knownFor	formidable warfare against Spanish colonizers ⓘ participation in the Chichimeca War ⓘ resistance to Spanish conquest ⓘ
lifestyle	semi-nomadic ⓘ
nameLanguage	Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning	head-colored ⓘ
opposed	Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish road-building on the Silver Route ⓘ
partOf	Chichimeca peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Altiplano Potosino NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Chichimeca NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day states of Coahuila ⓘ present-day states of Nuevo León ⓘ present-day states of San Luis Potosí ⓘ present-day states of Zacatecas ⓘ
relatedGroup	Guachichiles of the Sierra Madre Oriental NERFINISHED ⓘ Guamares NERFINISHED ⓘ Pames NERFINISHED ⓘ Zacatecos NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	indigenous Mesoamerican beliefs ⓘ
reputation	skilled archers ⓘ
status	culturally endangered ⓘ largely assimilated ⓘ
subsistence	gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ limited agriculture ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ pre-Columbian era ⓘ
weapon	bow and arrow ⓘ

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Chichimeca peoples → includedGroup → Guachichil ⓘ