Native Americans of Mexico

Native Americans of Mexico
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[Tezcatlipoca0047]

@CrazyNative4 Indians are from India brother, we are from Anahuac. We refuse the European names placed upon us. We are very much alike and that is because long ago, we were one. We were Anahuac (North America) and the Nican Tlaca were the people who are falsely called Mexican.

[raulob72]

I am brown ,and proud of it,but I can not denied my Dad side of the family,they all are tall,white ,green eyes ,and i love my grandmother,but I am brown and proud of my indian blood,i will always said that.

[ReptileDude511]

Native Americans are the Indians originally from the American region. The Mexican people are descendants of Mexicans Indians such as the Aztecs and Mayans. They are somewhat related though but basically two different tribes. Though most Mexicans are called Hispanic because they are mixed with Spanish. If you are a full blooded Mexican Indian you would not be considered Hispanic or Latino.

[surss13mexside]

@Tezcatlipoca0047 tha mexicans are tha ancestor of tha aztec or mexicas tha tru is that mexicans took tha name from tha aztec becouse tha spanish shiet arrive in tha aztec golden edge plus tha mexica people was tha only one that figt whit tha spanish shiet

[xm377Moyocoyatzin]

@Damiuss I know. I never said the Aztec expanded that far. But latter the Spanish with thousands of former Aztec warriors aiding them conquered all of western Mexico.

[Damiuss]

@xm377Moyocoyatzin The Purepecha were never conquered by the Aztec Empire, despite several attempts by the Mexica to do so, including a fierce war in 1479. This was mostly due to their knowledge of metal working, an advantage over the Mexica. Tarasco which is still spoken by more than 100,000 people in Michoacán was their language though Nahuatl was used since it was more common for trade, not because of conquest. The Spanish, eventually conquered them, but not the Aztecs.

[xm377Moyocoyatzin]

@Damiuss You know the Aztec were a Nahuatl people too right? After the Fall of Tenochtitlan the former Aztec forces joined with the Spanish in the conquest of western Mexico. Michoacan, Jalisco, Nayarit, Colima, Zacatecas and Aguascalientes was conquered by the Spanish with the aid of the former Aztec. This is part of the reason why almost all of western Mexico is named after Nahuatl names rather than Purepecha, Huichol, Zapotec or Chichimec languages.

[Damiuss]

@xm377Moyocoyatzin No, I meant the Nahuatl. The Purepecha and later Chichimec tribes settled in Michoacan with help of the Nahuatl. From what I understand the Aztecs where driving them out of their lands and they were given protection by the Nahuatl Indians, but in return had to have their settlements on the front lines to help defend against the Aztecs. They were all also part of the fall of Aztecs as they joined the Spaniards since they had a common "enemy" in the Aztecs.

[xm377Moyocoyatzin]

@Damiuss You are talking about the Purepecha, not the Nahuatl peoples. Michoacan is to the west of the Capital not North.

[xm377Moyocoyatzin]

@1coolguysuper True.. :-3

[1coolguysuper]

@xm377Moyocoyatzin The Spanish Caste system was created to divide family and people.

Race divides people,but culture unites people.

[Damiuss]

The only thing that I don't like is that every Mexican I have met has "Aztec" Tattoos when most of them don't have Aztec Blood and they just follow the crowd. The Nahuatl, shown in this clip, held off the Aztecs from advancing North from the Michoacan area up. The Aztecs never settled there because of this and no one in those areas has Aztec blood or cultural background. Mexicans in Mexico know this, but not those born in the U.S. this adds to that culture dying.