Native People of the Americas: The Tarascan Empire

The Tarascan/ Purepecha Empire ruled Western Mexico when the conquistadors arrived. The Tarascan Empire was the second-largest empire in Mexico and was a mortal enemy of the Aztecs. These two empires engaged in fierce battles that caused immense devastation in their fight for dominance. The Aztec Empire was never able to subdue its neighbor, and this caused the two empires to regard each other suspiciously, with good reason. In the Purepecha language, Purepecha means common, and for most non-Mexicans, at first glance, the Tarascan Empire appears undistinguished compared to the Aztec Empire. Don't let the name fool you; the history of this ancient civilization is as rich as any other, with fascinating mythology, culture, architecture, art, and social order.

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[arexeiru]

The thing here is that Purepechas weren't people that wrote that much about themselves, that's why we know so little about their true origins and why we keep finding interesting things and hidden places to this day
We know the most things about them by writings from other cultures and so little by Purepechas
Other curious thing is that the Purepecha language is an isolated tongue
Greetings from Cuitzeo, u have a new sub

[rob]

Proud to be Purepecha. From Cheran Michoacán

[mmuthonimuthoni]

They were good at conserving their natural resources.

[asupremechieften]

Next you need to make a YouTube video about Navajo Diné during World Wars and About the southwest

[alanfiloteo]

great work! though Id be mindful of showing Mayan or other imagery. So as to not confuse the viewer of who is who in Mesoamerica

[TwistedAlphonso]

Tarasco / Tarascan is what the Colonizers called us. Thats not our name.

[asupremechieften]

Wow I've never seen any of these videos

[YolasRojo]

My father is a real native we call call ourselves "Tarascos" the region we are from is "Tierra Caliente "

[YolasRojo]

Hello, I live in Dallas but originally from the state of Guerrero, Mexico I've walk and know these lands very well, I have some stone artifacts that I found digging replacing fence post in my village don't know what to do with them...Smithsonian? Also my village's name is after a prince that lived there hundreds of years ago
...another thing ..my father plays and indigenous sport that we call(Pelota Tarasca) "Tarascan Ball" it's a dying sport and I don't know who can shoot a small Documentary on it...vice gotta do my homework to put my grain of salt on for my culture for a future video like this you!

[crcas]

Appreciate the interest in our culture, but there are some errors in your video.

[diegomata]

The three things you missed in this video were why they accepted to be a vassal and not fight the spanish invaders, first by the time the Aztec fell the Purepecha were just finishing a grueling civil war and were not prepared, second the Spanish marched with a huge army of native warriors and camped in front of the Purepecha capital only weeks after the civil war ended and lastly they were in the midst of a full on Smallpox epidemic which was the reason of the civil war because the ruler and heir died of smallpox.

[leopure]

P’uɽe uantakua Tsakapo anapu:
Meiametatikua chíti eiánkpikua Irechikuari himpu.
Hatiriskani ma k'uɽankuaɽikua amperi aɽikuaɽikua irechikuari p’uɽe iásïkua.
¿Náki hintepirini ma aɽikuaɽikua irechikuari p’uɽe iásïkua p’uɽe uantakuani himpu?
K'uɽankuaɽixakani himpukua imari aɽikuaɽikua iásïkua "Michihuacan" hintesïnti uantakuari nahua himpu peru sánteru sésïpirini ka eratsïkuani ampe imari aɽikuaɽikua iásïkua hintepirini p’uɽe uantakuani himpu himpukua imari sïrankuecha, p'intekuecha, uantakua ka k'uriripuecha irechikuari p’uɽe iásïkua anapuecha hintesti hukapaɽakuani p’uɽeecha. Hi uantontskuaɽisïŋani aɽikuaɽikuecha esïka P’uɽepecherio, P’uɽepecho, ka P’uɽepecheɽu ampakiti hintepirini. Ini uantontskuaɽikuaɽu íntspeskani chánksïni eiánkpikuecha internetuɽu aɽikata himpukua cha erakusti náki aɽikuaɽikuecha sésï haɽasti. Uantontskuaɽistijtsï hínteni ampe cha eratsïsïnti aɽikuaɽikuechani p’uɽe uantakuani himpukua.

(Castellano mexicano):
(Gracias por su información del imperio.
Tengo una pregunta del nombre del estado puré actual.
¿Cuál sería el nombre del estado puré actual en la lengua puré?
Estoy preguntando porque su nombre actual "Michoacán" es de la lengua mexica, pero sería más apto y razonable que su nombre actual fuera en la lengua puré porque sus raíces, costumbres, lengua y gente del estado puré actual son principalmente purépecha. Yo opino que nombres como Purepecherio, Purepecho y Purepechero serían mejores. En este comentario le doy a usted información en línea para que usted decida cuál nombre está bien. Coméntame qué opina al respecto de los nombres en la lengua puré).

((U.K. English)):
((Thank you for your information of the empire.
I have a question of the name of the current Puré state.
What would be the name of the current Puré state in the Purépecha language?
I am asking because its current name "Michoacán" is from the Mexica language, but it would be more apt and reasonable if its current name were in the Purépecha language because its roots, customs, language and people of the current Puré state are mainly Purépecha. I think that names like Purepecherio, Purepecho and Purepechero would be better. In this comment I left you information online so you can decide which name is better. Tell me what you think about the names in the Purépecha language)).








Uantajperakuecha iamintuechani ueratini P’uɽempecherio.
(Saludos a todos desde Purepecherio).
((Greetings to all from Purepecherio)).

[enriquedavis]

A p'urepecha here. Last name Equihua. Where are my brothers at??

[eduardoponceoficial]

My last name is pureco it comes from purepecha

[tamsterk]

My family is from Michoacán, of Tarascan decent.

[purhepechatumbi]

We didn’t sacrifice that’s colonizer propaganda