The Caxcan were a partly nomadic people. The Caxcan were allied with the Zacatecos against the Spaniards during the Mixtón Rebellion[1] During the rebellion, they were described as "the heart and the center of the Indian Rebellion". They were famously led by Tenamaxtli. After the rebellion, they were at constant target by the Zacatecos and Guachichiles due to their ceasefire agreement with the Spaniards. Their principal religious and population centers were at Teul, Tlaltenango, Juchipila, and Teocaltiche.
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The Mixtón Rebellion
- Main article: The Mixtón Rebellion
The Chichimeca War
- Main article: The Chichimeca War
Post 1900s
The Council of the Caxcan Indians was formed in the 1920s by Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza, a Caxcan from Durango.[2] She also published Alto!, a book which stressed Mexican Nationalism through indigenous roots and, even after the alleged extinction of the Caxcan people, is quoted as saying "We do not recognize the right of any race to impose its civilization upon us" as a way to promote indigeneity.[3]
Notes
- ^ Tecpaocelotl (translator). "The Mixton War". http://www.mexicauprising.net/mixtonwar.html. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
- ^ Pouwels, Joel Bollinger. Political Journalism by Mexican Women During the Age of Revolution 1876-1940. New York: Edwin Mellen P, 2006]
- ^ Pouwels, Joel Bollinger. Political Journalism by Mexican Women During the Age of Revolution 1876-1940. New York: Edwin Mellen P, 2006]
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