Caxcan

Caxcan
Cazcan
Caxcan warriors battling against the Spaniards
Total population
Unknown
Regions with significant populations
Western and North-Central Mexico
Languages
Caxcan and Spanish
Related ethnic groups
Other Chichimecas, possibly Mexicaneros, Coca people, Zacatec, Tecuexe, other Nahuas
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Map of the Caxcan and surrounding nations during the 16th century

The Caxcan are an ethnic group who are Indigenous to western and north-central Mexico, particularly the regions corresponding to modern-day Zacatecas, southern Durango, Jalisco, Colima, Aguascalientes, Nayarit. The Caxcan language is most often described as an ancient variant of Nahuatl and is a member of the Uto-Aztecan language family. The last generation of natively fluent Caxcan language speakers came to an end in the 1890s, according to anthropologist Aleš Hrdlička. Despite this having long been conflated by anthropologists with an extinction of the Caxcan people themselves, much of Caxcan culture has persisted via oral tradition. There is currently an ongoing revitalization of Caxcan language, scholarship, and culture.

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