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'''''Coyote''''' (fem. '''''Coyota''''') (from the [[Nahuatl]] word ''coyotl'', [[coyote]]) is a [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|colonial Spanish American]] racial term for a mixed-race person [[casta]] that usually refers to a person born of parents, one of whom a [[Mestizo]] (mixed Spanish + Indigenous) and the other indigenous (''indio''). | '''''Coyote''''' (fem. '''''Coyota''''') (from the [[Nahuatl]] word ''coyotl'', [[coyote]]) is a [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|colonial Spanish American]] racial term for a mixed-race person [[casta]] that usually refers to a person born of parents, one of whom a [[Mestizo]] (mixed Spanish + Indigenous) and the other indigenous (''indio''). | ||
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*De Barcino y Cambuja, nace Calpamulato | *De Barcino y Cambuja, nace Calpamulato | ||
*Indios Mecos bárbaros (Barbarian [[Chichimeca|Meco Indians]])--> | *Indios Mecos bárbaros (Barbarian [[Chichimeca|Meco Indians]])--> | ||
Latest revision as of 22:18, 23 January 2024
Coyote (fem. Coyota) (from the Nahuatl word coyotl, coyote) is a colonial Spanish American racial term for a mixed-race person casta that usually refers to a person born of parents, one of whom a Mestizo (mixed Spanish + Indigenous) and the other indigenous (indio).
Representation
The casta paintings by Miguel Cabrera (1763) show the place of the coyote in the idealized colonial racial hierarchy (sistema de castas).[1] In colonial Mexico, the term varied regionally, with "regional differences determin[ing] just how much native ancestry qualified a person to be a coyote."[2]