Guachichil

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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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Guachichil canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chichimeca group ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
approximateLanguageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
associatedWith Camino Real de Tierra Adentro ⓘ
conflict Chichimeca War ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
nameMeaning head-colored ⓘ
opposed Spanish Empire ⓘ
Spanish road-building on the Silver Route ⓘ
partOf Chichimeca peoples ⓘ
region Altiplano Potosino ⓘ
Gran Chichimeca ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Guamares ⓘ
Pames ⓘ
linked to: Pame

Zacatecos ⓘ
linked to: Zacateco
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chichimeca peoples → includedGroup → Guachichil ⓘ
Chichimeca War → opponent → Guachichil ⓘ
Cazcan → neighboringGroup → Guachichil ⓘ
Zacateco → neighboringGroup → Guachichil ⓘ