Chichimec Culture

Julián Salazar Espinoza

Chichimec Culture

Chichimeca was the name that the nahua people of Mexico, generacally applied to many bands and tribes, the Chichimec people carried the same sense as the Roman term “Barbarian” (that its a Word to describe people living outside.

The most of the towns that Chichimec’s used to live were in Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Guadalajara, México, Acapulco, Antequera y Veracruz (in 1550).

The Chichimec people were many groups of varying ethnicities and speaking distinct languages from different families.

The biggest conflict between, Spanish vs chichimecas, The name of this war is The chichimeca war in “La gran Chichimec”(1550 – 1590).
And the other conflict is Mixton Rebellion. It can be considered as a continuation of the rebellion as the fighting did not come to a halt in the intervening years. Unlike in the Mixton Rebelion, The Caxcanes weew now allied with the Spanish, This war was fought in the bajio region known as “La gran Chichimec”, Specifically in the Mexican States of Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Guadalajara, México, Acapulco, Antequera y Veracruz in 1540 to 1542.

Nuño Beltran de Guzman tried to enslave such indigenous populations of northern Mexico

The Nahuatl name means “inhabitats of Chichiman”. Chichiman means “Area Of Milk”.

The nahua used the word “Chichimeca” originally to refer to their own ancient history as a nomadi hunter people.

Still other Chichimec peoples maintain separate identities(in different parts of México) into the present day, for example the Otomi, Chichimeca Jonaz, Cora, Huichol, Pame, Yaqui, Mayo, O’odham and the tepahuan peoples.