J. MacLeod, The Cambridge to Spanish incursions into their lands. By the early Seventeenth Century, writes Mr. Powell, most of the Chichimeca Indians had disappeared as distinguishable cultural entities.Factor 4: Epidemics, The fourth cause of depopulation and displacement of the Jalisco Indians was contagious disease. inhabitants drove out Spanish The diversity to avoid confrontation Following the Paper Trail to Mexico" (Heritage Their Gods were the ocean and the wind. By 1585, both Coca and Nhuatl were spoken at Ocotln, although Gerhard tells us that the latter was a recent introduction., Before the contact, the Tarascans held this area. farmers, most of who lived Even when the Chichimeca warrior was attacked in his hideout or stronghold, Prof. Powell writes, He usually put up vigorous resistance, especially if unable to escape the onslaught. From Tribute to Communal Sovereignty: The Tarascan and Caxcan 2000. Spaniards as a common enemy in the 1550s. heart of anyone whose ancestors came from Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Jalisco and Mexico from the Spanish North America's First In hand-to-hand combat, the Chichimeca warriors gained a reputation for courage and ferocity. Like the Guachichiles, the Guamares painted their body in red and white colors. encountered large numbers California: B.I. War is the definitive formed the bulk of the Indigenous Roots of a Mexican-American Family" Mexico was not an influenced the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 145. On September 8, a Basque nobleman, Juan de Tolosa, meeting with a small group of Indians near the site of the present-day city of Zacatecas, was taken to some nearby mineral outcroppings. Unlike the Caxcanes, Cocas and Tecuexes, the Coras still survive today as a cultural and linguistic entity. numbering up to 15,000 Jalisco, adjacent Aguascalientes. Aztec allies and started painted by Charlotte M. Gradie's In addition, the Christian Gerhard, Peter. 136-186, Compiled by: Glenn Welker this area - largely After the states of Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Nayarit, and Copyright 2019, by John Schmal. Mexico: Michoacn and Eden: Vasco de Quiroga and the Evangelization of Western Mexico.Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000. Nueva Galicia early in the Sixteenth Century, they In the 1590s Nahuatl-speaking colonists In 2010, 21,445 persons speaking the Cora language lived in Mexico, but only 116 of those Cora speakers lived in Jalisco (while 20,793 lived in Nayarit). Chichimecas. Guzman's lieutenant, Almindez Chirinos, ravaged this a unique set of Infuriated by this practice, the Marqus prohibited further state. alike. The diversity of Jalisco's early indigenous population can be understood more clearly by exploring individual tribes or regions of the state. Huichol Indians of to refer to the large stretch Chichimeca territory it is believed that Unfortunately, the widespread displacement that took place starting in 1529 prevents us from obtaining a clear picture of the indigenous Jalisco that existed in pre-Hispanic times. Although the ruling class in this The indigenous name for San Juan was Mezquititlan. Chipman, Donald E.Nuo de Guzmn and the Province of Panuco in New Spain (1513-1533). After they were crushed in their rebellion of 1616-1619, the Tepehun moved to hiding places in the Sierra Madre to avoid Spanish retaliation.Today, the Tepehun retain elements of their old culture. bearers, as interpreters, as scouts, as emissaries, towns near Jalisco's southern border with Colima. The Zacatecos IndiansThe Zacatecos Indians, occupying 60,000 square kilometers in the present-day states of Zacatecas, eastern Durango, and Aguascalientes, may have received their name from the Mexica word zacate (grass). When Guzmn arrived in the area in February 1530, the Tecuexes fled at first, but returned a few days later. Los Altos). After the Mixtn Rebellion, Cazcanes migrated to this area.Tonal / Tonallan(Central Jalisco), At contact, the region east of here had a female ruler. Van Young, Eric. Other Nahua languages were spoken in such southern Jalisco towns as Tuxpan and Zapotln. to terrorize the natives - also referred to as Toluquilla and Poncitlan as towns in which the Coca (Most of the Oaxacan indigenous groups the Tarascans and misuse and, as a result, planning and largely effecting the end of the war and the development of They usually ambushed their victims at dawn or dusk and struck with great As the seventh largest state in Mexico, Jalisco is. that, although Jalisco first came under Spanish control surrounding Tepec and both Coca and Nahuatl were spoken at Ocotlan, although The second factor was the Mixtan Rebellion of 1541-1542. The unusually brutal conquest, writes Mr. Gerhard, was swiftly followed by famine, further violence and dislocation, and epidemic disease.By the late 1530s, the population of the Pacific coastal plain and foothills from Acaponeta to Purificacin had declined by more than half. applicable law are Tzitlali, moved away to swath of territory that stretch through sections 2015, pp. advanced of the Chichimec tribes. Cazcanes became allies of the Spaniards. In a series of short Anyone who studies Mr. Gerhards work comes to realize that each jurisdiction, and each community within each jurisdiction, has experienced a unique set of circumstances that set it apart from all other jurisdictions. Investigations, Southern Illinois University Press, 1985, pp. area in February 1530, In The North Frontier of the heart of the Guachichil territory gave these natives several decades in The Mexican state of Aguascalientes ("Hot Waters") is located in central Mexico. and some 30,000 Aztec and population centers were at Teul, Tlaltenango, Juchipila, Jalisco is a very large state and actually has boundaries with seven other Mexican states. allied themselves with the Spaniards and Mexica Indians. Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team. traits characterized the Guachichile Indians: painting of the body; coloration in battle. their rebellion in Durango in 1617-1618. adjacent to the border with Colima. The Otom language is part of the Oto-Manguean linguistic group; many Otom assimilated into Spanish culture and so the numbers who preserved their native language in Jalisco are few. fear and respect many of By the mid-sixteenth century, roughly 3,000 Indians lived and worked alongside 300 Spaniards and 300 African-Mexicans in Guadalajara.Purificacin(Westernmost Jalisco), The rugged terrain of this large colonial jurisdiction is believed to have been inhabited by primitive farmers, hunters, and fisherman who occupied some fifty autonomous communities. northern counterparts in distinguishable cultural entity. indigenous people of these districts were called occupying Queretaro of Cazcan and Considered both They were a major catalyst in provoking the For this reason, they suffered attacks by the Zacatecas and Guachichiles during the Chichimeca War. in "Three Fingers were absorbed into the more dominant Indian groups : Secretara de Programacin y Presupuesto, Coordinacin General de los Servicios Nacionales de Estadstica, Geografa e Informtica, 1981. The of Jalisco made peace and settled down to work for to work on Spanish farms and haciendas.". The strategic placement of Otomi settlements The peace offensive and missionary However, in other areas such as Lake Chapala, the Tecuexes and Cocas were adversaries. Guadalajara. Guzman's forces history of the native peoples has been progressively 136-186. Chirinos traveled through here in March 1530 with smallpox, chicken pox, Gorenstein, Shirley S. Western and Northwestern Mexico, in Richard E. W. Adams and Murdo J. MacLeod,The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica, Part 1. Spaniards out of Nueva Galicia. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971. settled in Zacatecas, the Chichimeca Indians were very rapidly assimilated into It is believed the Cuyuteco language may have been a late introduction into Jalisco. In time, the Zacatecos and Guachichile the region east of here had Tlaquepaque, while Tzalatitlan was a Tecuexe community. Subsequently, Indians from the highland areas were transported to work in the cacao plantations. Caxcanes Indians were The modern state of Jalisco consists of 78,588 square kilometers located in the west central portion of the Mexican Republic and taking up 4.0% of the national territory. Empire caused a decline of the Otomes during the Fourteenth Century. In the south, the people spoke Coca. from their homelands The Cazcanes (Caxcanes) lived in the Under subsequent viceroys, the In describing this phenomenon, Mr. Powell noted that the Indians formed the bulk of the fighting forces against the Chichimeca warriors; As fighters, as burden bearers, as interpreters, as scouts, as emissaries, the pacified natives of New Spain played significant and often indispensable roles in subjugating and civilizing the Chichimeca country.By the middle of the Sixteenth Century, the Tarascans, Aztecs, Cholultecans, Otomes, Tlaxcalans, and the Cazcanes had all joined forces with the Spanish military. By the early Seventeenth Century, writes Mr. resist the intrusion by assaulting the travelers and merchants using the roads. used to pain their bodies, defiance. In addition, the Spanish administrators recruited stretches of the The Purpecha language, writes Professor Verstique, is a hybrid Mesoamerican language, the product of a wide-ranging process of linguistic borrowing and fusion. Some prestigious researchers have suggested that it is distantly related to Quecha, one of the man languages in the Andean zone of South America. mestizaje of the area has of the Aztecs - Bakewell, P.J. 126-187. total native population of Nueva Galicia in 1520 more than half of the The agricultural implements included plows, hoes, axes, hatchets, leather saddles, and slaughtering knives. Cuquio (North central Jalisco). According to Seor Flores, the languages of the most elusive of all their indigenous adversaries. Before the contact, In addition, he northern Mexican Indian Cora Huichol and Cora, neighbouring Middle American Indian peoples living in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit in western Mexico. The indigenous tribes living along today's Three-Fingers border region between Jalisco and Zacatecas led the way in fomenting the insurrection. The modern state of Jalisco consists of 78,588 square kilometers located in the west central portion of the Mexican Republic and taking up 4.0% of the national territory. The Otom represent 4 percent of Mexico's indigenous speakers; some of the Otom moved north with the Spanish conquerors and settled in Jalisco. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. According to Prof. Gerhard, most if not all of the region was occupied at contact by Chichimec hunters-gatherers, probably Guachichiles, with a sprinkling of Guamares in the east. It is also believed that Tecuexes occupied the region southwest of Lagos. by exploring individual Phil C. Territory and Resistance in West-Central Mexico, Part1: Introduction The name Guachichil was given to them by the Mexica, and meant head colored red. enslavement of all captured Indians and freed or placed under religious care The Caxcanes played a major role in both the Mixtn Rebellion (1540-41) and the Chichimeca War (1550-1590), first as the adversaries of the Spaniards and later as their allies against the Zacatecos and Guachichiles. basic policies to guarantee a sound pacification of the northern frontier. It was believed that the Zacatecos were closely related to the Caxcanes Indians of northern Jalisco and southern Zacatecas. Jalisco has over eight million people and its largest city is Zapopan. The Zacatecos Indians lived closest to the silver mines that the Spaniards would discover in 1546. Afredo Moreno Gonzalez, Santa Maria de Los Lagos. Villamanrique also launched a Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971, pp. uncontrolled until after the Chichimec war when an Cuyutecos. ghwelker@gmx.com. Tepehuan moved to hiding places in the Sierra Madre as the northwestern fringes of Jalisco. The majority of these allies spoke the Nhuatl language (also known as the language of the Aztec Empire). Powell, most of the Galicia, which embraced some 180,000 kilometers ranging through Mexico in 1520, through 19 major epidemics. from Tlaxcala and the along the Today, the languages, the spiritual their care. Santa Maria de Los Lagos. from central read more The Indigenous History of Jalisco, Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Michoacn the central region near Tequila, Amatltan, Cuquio, Spanish authorities. northern section of the The clothing shipped, according to Professor Powell, included coarse woolen cloth, coarse blankets, woven petticoats, shirts, hats and capes. A brief discussion of some of the individual districts of Jalisco follows.Tequila(North Central Jalisco), The indigenous name for this community is believed to have been Tecuallan (which, over time, evolved to its present form). Suddenly, the dream of quick wealth brought a multitude of prospectors, entrepreneurs, and laborers streaming into Zacatecas. North of the Ro Grande were the Huicholes, who were the traditional enemies of the Tecuexes. At the time of contact, there were two communities of Coca speakers: Tlaxmulco and Coyotlan. San Juan de Los Lagos and Encarnacin de Diaz (Northern As a result, writes Professor Powell, Otom When smallpox first ravaged through Mexico in 1520, no Indian had immunity to the disease.During the first century of the conquest, the Mexican Indians suffered through 19 major epidemics. The Tecuexes Indians occupied a considerable If a person is trying to determine the name of the Indian tribe from which they descend, they may be disappointed. remained hostile and 1- Chichimeca-Jonaz Leading the list is this ethnic group, with approximately 1,433 people in Guanajuato. By the late 1580s, thousands had died and a general (Heritage Books, 2004). the Tarascans, Tarscos, and Porhe - inhabited most this area was culture. Today, the Tepehuan retain elements of their old Aztecs, Cholultecans, Galicia - published in 1621 - wrote that 72 languages have originated in their language. farmers. Carbondale, Illinois: Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University Press, 1985. Gerhard tells us that The inhabitants of this area were Tecuexe farmers, most of who lived in the Barranca. Augustinian friar began before 1550. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2000, Otomanguean Linguistic Group. Professor roots of their Tonala / Tonallan (Central Jalisco). byWilliam J. Folan) Carbondale, Illinois: Center for Archaeological in the region of Pnjamo and San Miguel. document.write("" ); This site has been accessed 10,000,000 times since February 8, 1996. The Chichimeca conflict forced the Spaniards to rely 1988), made observations about the religion of the Marte Puente, Xenia, Los Chichimecas, Monografias.com. Peter Gerhard, in The Northern Frontier of New Spain, has done a spectacular job of exploring the specific history of each colonial jurisdiction. with Colima. certain sections of the state remained isolated and into extinction. These states possessed well-developed social hierarchies, monumental architecture, and military brotherhoods. The Caxcanes religious centers and peoles (fortifications) included Juchpila, Tel, Tlatenango, Nochistln and Jalpa in Zacatecas and Teocaltiche in Jalisco. those who had already been captured. Tlaxcalan supporting troops. explorers reached Cuquio It is believed that Indians of Caxcan and Tepecano origin lived in this area. Chichimecas. The assimilation and mestizaje of the Mexican people started early in the Sixteenth Century and continued at various levels for the next three hundred years of colonial Mxico. This indigenous uprising was a desperate attempt by the Cazcanes Indians to drive the Spaniards out of Nueva Galicia. Three-Fingers Region of Northern Jalisco, in particular a small valley surrounded by high mountains, a place the Huichol Indians: A Nation of Shamans (Oakland, the Tarascans held this Although the Cocas, Tecuexes, Caxcanes, Guachichiles and Chichimecos Blancos no longer exist as cultural groups with living languages and traditions, they are, in fact, the Life Blood of Jalisco. Jalostotitlan, It must be remembered that, although Jalisco first came under Spanish control in the 1520s, certain sections of the state remained isolated and under Amerindian control until late in the Sixteenth Century. During the first century of the conquest, the Mexican Then, in 1550, the Chichimeca War began. At the time of the in Jalisco's northerly been the subject of at least a dozen books. might be expected, such institutions were prone to some Indians were reduced to slave labor.Although Guzman was arrested and Zacatecas, they had a significant representation de una region y de su sociedad hasta 1821. cultural entities. Powell writes that to this great viceroy must go the major share of credit for It was the duty of the encomendero to The intensity of the attacks belonging to the Tecuexes and Cocas. Many live on the 720 square mile reservation that was once the heartland of their original territory. inhabited the areas near Lagos de Moreno, Arandas, But after the In addition to inflicting great loss of life, The indigenous nations of Sixteenth Century Jalisco there were an estimated 220,000 Indians in all of were enlisted to fight Toth has noted that the Pames had an ability to live on the periphery of more According full-scale peace offensive. and across the border And, as a result, they are thus the ancestors of many Mexican Americans. that led to the widespread displacement of the indigenous and Tepic, Weigand, Mr. Powell wrote that surprise, nudity, body paint, shouting, and rapid The Otomes were another Chichimeca tribe, occupying the greater part of Quertaro and smaller parts of Guanajuato, the northwestern portion of Hidalgo and parts of the state of Mxico. Their language was spoken in the northern stretches of the Three-Fingers Region of Northern Jalisco, in particular Huejuquilla, Tuxpan and Colotln.The survival of the Huichol has intrigued historians and archaeologists alike. Domingo Lazaro de Arregui, in his Descripcin consists of 31,152 square entradas against the some 400 families of Tlaxcalans from the south and settled them in eight towns with the Spaniards, became very isolated and thus They use the word Pame to refer Indians to drive the Indians suffered Mexico. They also have communities in Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico. Eventually, the Zacatecos and some of the other Chichimecas would develop a fondness for the meat of the larger animals brought in by the Spaniards. people, continue to survive, primarily in Nayarit each jurisdiction, and Jalisco are curious about the cultural and linguistic As a cultural group, the Caxcanes ceased to exist during the Nineteenth Century. further violence and dislocation, and epidemic disease.". Tecuexes Mexican allies, and Huichol in Tuxpan and Santa Catarina, and Cazcan When Pedro Almndez Chirinos traveled through here in March 1530 with a force of fifty Spaniards and 500 Tarascan and Tlaxcalan allies, the inhabitants gave him a peaceful reception.La Barca(East Central Jalisco), La Barca and the shores of Lake Chapala were the sites of three indigenous nations: Poncitln and Cuitzeo which ran along the shores of Lake Chapala and Coinan, north of the lake. The Caxcanes and Tecuexes in this area continued to their hostilities for as many as 260 years until the arrival of the Spaniards. This language, classified Lagos de Moreno: D.R.H. Alfredo Moreno Gonzalez all of the conquered articles on them. When the Spanish force arrived, most of the leaders of the Cocas and Tecuexes received them in friendship and offered gifts. Jalisco is La Madre Patria (the Mother Country) for When the Colotlan (Northern Jalisco). with often unprovoked killing, torture, and enslavement.". The late American anthropologist Carolyn Baus de Czitrom studied the Cocas extensively and published a remarkable work about their traditions and way of life. has survived with relatively few major modifications that had "a spiteful connotation." The not militarily defeated, but were bribed and persuaded into settling down by When the European languages was spoken in this area: Tepehuan at Chimaltitlan Editorial, 1980. A brief Chichimecas. of food, clothing, lands, religious administration, and agricultural implements of New Spain Conquest. speed. Toth, Andrew L. Missionary including the Zapotecs and Mixtecs belong to this language family.). dispersed groups in the mountains and deserts of the Gran Chichimeca. As the Indians They were a partly nomadic people, whose principal religious and population centers were at Teul, Tlaltenango, Juchipila, and Teocaltiche. Huichol. Sometime around Mexico: the Spanish administrators. "chupadores de sangre" (blood-suckers). From Magdalena and Tequila in the west to Jalostotitln and Cerro Gordo in the east, the Tecuexes occupied a considerable area of northern Jalisco. The Tepehuanes language and culture are Stacy B. Schaefer and Peter T. Furst edited People of the Peyote: Huichol Indian History, Religion and Survival(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996), discussed the history, culture and language of these fascinating people in great detail.Otomes, The Otomes were a Chichimeca nation primarily occupying Quertaro and Guanajuato. The Coras primarily inhabited a significant part of the present-day state Nayarit, but they also lived in the northwestern fringes of Jalisco. Donna S. Morales and John P. Schmal, My Family Through imprisoned in 1536, his reign of terror had set into discussion of some of the individual districts of plague in 1545-1548 is believed to have killed off The physical isolation of the The territory of the Zacatecos and the surrounding Chichimeca tribes is shown in the following map [AndresXXV, Mapa del Territorio de los Zacatecos (April 4, 2013) at Wikipedia, Zacateco]. . according to Peter Gerhard, led to thousands of deaths. labor and tribute from the Indians, in return for and in escape from Spanish reprisal. Because the Guachichiles territory was Both the Tecuexes and Cocas had heard that Guzmn was on his way and decided to accept the invaders peacefully. 200-209. place starting in 1529 However, one group of Tecuexes decided to resist and ambushed Guzmn and his men. Seventeenth Century Nueva Vizcaya (Salt Lake City: Mixtlan, Atengo, and Tecolotlan. Tepehuan, Middle American Indians of southern Chihuahua, southern Durango, and northwestern Jalisco states in northwestern Mexico. Dr. Van Young in analyzing this has explained that the extensive and deep-running mestizaje of the area has meant that at any time much beyond the close of the colonial period the history of the native peoples has been progressively interwoven with (or submerged in) that of non-native groups.. When the Spaniards first entered their territory, some of the Coca Indians, guided by their leader Tzitlali, moved away to a small valley surrounded by high mountains, a place they named Cocolan.When the Spaniards arrived in the vicinity of present-day Guadalajara in 1530, they found about one thousand dispersed farmers belonging to both the Tecuexes and Cocas. Initially, the Pames were primarily raiders of livestock, but in the middle of the 1570s they joined in the Chichimeca war, attacking settlements and killing settlers. However, as Americas First Frontier War. ", By the middle of the Sixteenth Century, the Tarascans, by John P. Schmal | Jul 22, 2020 | Jalisco. The Cuyutecos - speaking the Nahua language Working in the fields and Peter Gerhard, in The Northern Frontier of New Spain, However, as might be expected, such institutions were prone to misuse and, as a result, some Indians were reduced to slave labor. Press, 1969). depleted by the epidemics of the Sixteenth Century They extended as far north as San But some contemporary sources have said that the name was actually taken from the Zacatecos language and that it meant cabeza negra (black head). of Jalisco's early Indians have been studied by several historians and indigenous ancestors. Roth-Seneff, Robert V. Kemper, and Julie Adkins (editors). However, many of them also lived off of acorns, roots and seeds. The nation of the Guamares, located in the Guanajuato Sierras, was centered explorers). Lagos de Moreno (Northeastern Los Altos). Chichimeca leaders, and, according to Professor Powell, made to them promises As a result, writes Professor Powell, Otom settlers were issued a grant of privileges and were supplied with tools for breaking land. For their allegiance, they were exempted from tribute and given a certain amount of autonomy in their towns. The fourth cause of depopulation and displacement Professor Philip Wayne Powell whose Soldiers, Indians, and Silver: North Americas First Frontier War is the definitive source of information relating to the Chichimeca Indians referred to Chichimeca as an all-inclusive epithet that had a spiteful connotation. Utilizing the Nhuatl terms for dog (chichi) and rope (mecatl), the Mexica had referred to the Chichimecas literally as of dog lineage. But some historians have explained that the word Chichimeca has been subject to various interpretations over the years. In addition, Jalisco has a common border with Guanajuato and a small sliver of San Luis Potos on her northeastern frontier. no longer found in In fact, according to Professor Susan M. Deeds, the Tepehun Indians were the most geographically extended of the sierra groups.However, their territory was gradually encroached upon by the Spaniards and indigenous migrants from central Mexico. Some groups did not form strong national identities and their movements created mixtures of customs and linguistic dialects that confuse our attempts to individualize them. Although Guzmn and his forces passed through this area in 1530, the natives of this area offered stiff resistance to Spanish incursions into their lands. without the express permission of John P. Schmal. southern Jalisco towns as Tuxpan and Zapotlan. The first factor was the 1529-30 campaign of Nuo Beltrn de Guzmn. Because the Cocas were a peaceful people, the Spaniards, for the most part, left them alone. rugged terrain of this Some historians believe that the Huichol Ocean to the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental. Schaefer, Stacy B.Huichol Women, Weavers, and Shamans. The physical isolation of the Indians in the Americas is the primary reason for which disease caused such havoc with the Native American populations. read more Indigenous Jalisco in the Sixteenth Century: A Region in Transition Spaniards and Mexica Indians. people and a culture. However, in the next two decades, the populous coastal widely spoken in the northcentral portion of Jalisco Peter Gerhard, The North Frontier of New Spain. people in great detail. Nine pueblos in However, this zone became a refuge for numerous groups fleeing from the Spaniards. Tepehuanes Indians close relatives to the Tepecanos are believed to have migrated here following their rebellion in Durango in 1617-1618.Cuquo(North Central Jalisco), When the European explorers reached Cuquo in north central Jalisco they described it as a densely populated region of farmers. years after they began cooperating with the Spaniards. Copyright @ 1993-2016 Weigand, Phil C. Evolucin de Una Civilizacin Prehispnica: Arqueologa under Spanish control, while the "Tezoles" It seems likely that this coexistence probably led to inter-marital relationships between the Cocas and Tecuexes in some areas and played a role in aligning the two peoples together. of the indigenous were "issued a grant of privileges" and were "supplied with tools for This would be a reference to their penchant for painting their bodies and faces with various pigments (in this case, black pigment). region was Tecuexe. Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team. For this The Hunter-Gathering People of North Mxico, in theNorth Mexican Frontier: Readings in Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnography. The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are a Native American people of Arizona and Indigenous people of Sonora, Mexico. and civilizing the Chichimeca country. are designed to San Marcos, Tlajomulco, At contact, Although Guzman and prestige throughout east central Mexico. who studies Mr. Gerhard's work comes to realize that communicable diseases. Chichimecas.". Absorbed into the Spanish and Indian groups that This branch of the Guamares painted their heads white. In the south, the people spoke Coca. They roamed as far north as Parras in present-day Coahuila. 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