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Tarascan
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Ta·ras·can  (t-räskn) also Ta·ras·co (-räsk)
n. pl. Ta·ras·cans also Tarasco or Ta·ras·cos
1.
a. A member of a Mesoamerican Indian people of southwest Mexico whose civilization was at its height from the 14th century until the Spanish conquest.
b. A descendant of this people.
2. The language of the Tarascans, of no known linguistic affiliation.


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From their powerful capital city and religious center Tzintzuntzan, the Tarascans successfully thwarted every attack by the Aztec.
By the same token many of the Tarascans experienced the cultural shock of having their pre-Hispanic idols, temples and religious regalia destroyed by Franciscan missionaries.
The Tarascans on the West coast not only held the Aztecs at bay, but they were also able to create a much more humane society.
 
 
 
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