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