Chichimeca Jonaz people
Members of the Chichimeca Jonaz tribe perform ritual dance
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (Mexico: 83673) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mexico (Guanajuato and San Luis Potosí) | |
| Languages | |
| Chichimeca Jonaz, Spanish, | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholic, Shamanism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Pames |
The Chichimeca Jonaz are a group of indigenous people living in Guanajuato and San Luis Potosí. In Guanajuato State the Chichimeca Jonaz people live in a community of San Luis de la Paz municipality. The settlement is 2,070 m above sea level. They call this place Rancho Úza or Misión Chichimeca. They are decendents of the Pame People, who fought in the Chichimeca War (1550-1590) in the Chichimeca Confederation.
In the 2000 General Census by INEGI 2,641 people named themselves as speakers of the Chichimeca Jonaz language. Of these 1,433 speakers lived in Guanajuato, and the other 115 in San Luis Potosí.
Their language belongs to the Pamean sub-branch of the Oto-Pamean branch of the Oto-Manguean language family, the closest relative of the Chichimeca Jonaz language is the Pame language.
After the Spanish colonization in Mexico and the ensuing Spanish colonization of the Americas, their decendents whom are the Pame nation joined the Chichimeca Confederation to fight against the Spaniards and their natives alliesin the Chichimec Wars. The Chichimeca Confederation defeated the Spaniards in this forty year war. The Chichimeca War was the longest lasting and most expensive military conflict to Spain in the history of the Spanish colonization.
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