Who are the Tejanos? Original Mexican Settlers of Texas #Texas #Tejano #Mexico

Who are the Tejanos? The Tejanos are the descendants of the original Spanish and Mexican settlers of Texas towns such as Laredo, San Antonio, Goliad and El Paso. Today they are greatly outnumbered by more recent Mexican immigrants, although the Tejanos have preserved some of their unique culture such as the Tejano style of music which is common in much of Southern, Central and West Texas today. The Tejanos faced several difficulties during their centuries-long history in the region including raids by the Apache and Comanche as well as various expulsions and conflict with the Anglo-American settlers. There may be as many as half a million or more of their descendants in Texas today although their identity has slowly been eroded away as they assimilate into the wider society. Thanks for watching.

[danielalmeida]

I actually worked with a Tejano.
It had never came to me, that some of the original Hispanic population of Texas kept living there even after annexation, because I always thought that the Hispanic population in Texas were just the ones that moved much later on.

[blsi]

Interestingly enough, many Tejanos have Canarian ancestry! Many settled in and around San Antonio.

[FrithonaHrududu]

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[RomarioArreola]

My ancestors came from South Texas I can trace my ancestors to The McAllen-Brownsville Texas area alot of people forget that Southern Texas used to be part of the Mexican province of Nuevo Santander now modern day Tamaulipas

[StellusBattersea]

Your mentioning of Goliad made me smile! I had a Great Great Great Grandfather born there around 1785. I believe the next couple of generations (my grandfather included) were also born there.

[TurtleChad]

Do original Tejanos still speak Spanish or have they mostly adopted English?

[jjl]

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[brandiphillips]

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[aspen]

lot of more recent nortenos integrated into the tejano culture which is the origin of texan hispanic culkture

[Josue-qbcq]

Wait, I thought we weren't allowed to talk about Texas before Stephen F Austin, this is dangerous information!! What's next? Talk about the Seguin family and the founding of Nuevo Santander??

[oliviaarteaga]

Proud to a tejana I’m also Apache and Comanche native!

[theroughsketchartist]

I love the Tejanos man, they’re a great bunch

[JK-gxkd]

I can trace a Spanish ancestor back to Laredo. So its safe to say i have tejano ancestry. Though its really just branches. My main branch comes from Spain through my forefathers.

[nejolo]

Life was perilous for the Anglos. Oh, REALLY!! It must have been 10x as much for Native Americans.

[primeeffectable]

Let's stop the BS, tejanos are Mexicans descendens, and that is all.

[penguinsbelike]

Tejanos aren't mexican, and they aren't "white washed". Its its own culture and identity!

[channeler]

Tejanos are in fact culturally ethnically and linguistically mestizos a crossbread of spanish english philipino and native americans in general.