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Jumanos in the 20th Century<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE Juamno Indian Nation is a group of indiginious Indians that disappeared in then early days of invasion of the western part of Texas. Pre 1500 era’s the South Western part of Texas northern Mexico and New Mexico was a territory that was composed of Indigenous Indians. The culture was unique to the group of Indians from unique areas of the territory. Their god’s were from the Aztec influence and the Aztecs were conquered by the Spaniards around 1519 to 1521. I won’t go into the different gods that were idolized in the early days as there is plenty of history on that era. The area consisted of Durango, Chihuahua, Western Texas and New Mexico. The indigenous Indians of many nations or tribes roamed up and down the territory in order to survive. One of those Indigenous Indian nations was the Jumanos. They were farmers and hunters and their major focus was family survival. Many things have been written by many people on the Jumanos, but the survival timeline tells a history of the Jumanos that makes more sense as to where they lived and where they moved around. Early Jumanos were part of the survivors of the early days and originated from the southern part of the New Viscaya area (Durango/Chihuahua, pre-Mexico) and moved like nomads north all the way to New Mexico. Farming and hunting took place in the fertile lands that were in the middle of the territory around where we now know as the Rio Grande. The Spaniards were the very first foreigners that came into the sightings of the Jumano Indians. There were other tribes in the area, but the Jumano’s were unique as they were friendly farmers and hunters. They were the more modern type of people and lived in communities called Rancherias (Casa Grandes). They built structures that were two and 3 stories high of Mud and wood. Much like and similarity to the early Aztec structures. Rancherias were not unique as there were Rancherias throughout the southwest. The structure’s were not owned by anyone person and if there was a part of a building that was unoccupied, a family could move into it and live there as long as necessary. Often in the early days you would see cooking on top of the roofs of some of the buildings. During the winter the structures stayed warm because of the heat generated on the first floor kept the top floors warm. Large wood fire pits were not unusual in the Rancherias to cook the large amount of buffalo meat that was brought from a hunt. A hole was dug in the ground that could have been 4 to 6 feet wide and 5 to 6 feet long and 4 to 5 feet deep. Wood would then be burned in the pit to the point of having coals in the pit. The meat was then wrapped and put into the pit and covered for an overnight cooking session, additional editable things like full corn stalks, Squash on the vines and whole pepper plants would be part of the items cooked in the pits. . The next day the pit would then be uncovered and the meat and vegetables taken out so that the families in the Rancheria community could all enjoy the fruit of the labor. The women would make Indian bread or Tortillas as we know them today (Tortillas meaning flat bread). During the winter months, the northern part of the territory was pretty bitter with the cold, so the Jumanos would move south into Chihuahua and as far south as Durango. Some of our early ancestors were married and had siblings as far south as San Pablo, Meoqui, Chihuahua, later to become Mexico. Today, a large contentment of Jumano Indians still excise and maintain a low profile. It is estimated that Two large families, the Solorios and the Benavides make up 5000+ Jumanos that are linked by a family bloodline. The Families still live in the original areas where the Jumano's lived long ago. There is still family of Jumano indian blood living in the Marfa, Presidio, Ruidosa Van Horn, El Paso and Valentine areas. The families now extend from Texas to California. There are decendents in New mexico, Tennessee, Georgia and Illinois just to name a few. So it's easy to say that the Jumanos did not disappear and have always been maintaining a low profile. --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_de_Conchos>

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