Are the Chichimec a part of the Aztecs?

Answer 1

Yes! The Chichimec's were what the tribes in the valley of Mexico called nomadic people of the north. The name Chichimec means "people of dog lineage". The Chichimeca eventually came down to the valley of Mexico and after being established they became known as the Chichimeca-tolteca people because there bloodline was now mixed with the Toltec people through arranged marriages and alliances. Then they became known as the Mexica as time when on, and lastly the became known as the Aztec's because after winning a battle they would proclaim themselves Aztecs from their origin land Aztlan the place where the seven mystical caves existed with seven tribes. Aztlan was a place built on an Island in the middle of a lake, so it was amazing that 200 years after leaving Aztlan in search of their promise land, they find another small island in the middle of a lake and decide to call it home this place was in the middle of Texcoco Lake the Aztec's called their new home Tenochtitlan.