Indigenous And Other Peoples of the Region

I would like to mention about the Indigenous Huichole Indians that inhabit the region. Because on my maternal grandparents side, my maternal grandfather has Huichole ancestry. But his wife, my maternal grandmother has Spanish ancestry.

In our pueblo of Huejuquilla El Alto, Jalisco, Mexico, a Belgium Arqeologist by the name of Marie Areti Hers - did an excavation in 1976 at a mountain right at Huejuquilla, and the mountain is called, "Cerro De Huistle (Huiztle." What she found was a Toltec grave site dated back to 100 A.D.

So the Toltecs were present and after the Toltecs, The Chichimeca Indigenous Tribe was in the area. In Zacatecas, there are pyramids called, "La Quemada."

When the spanish arrived to the area, it was "El Capitan Miguel Caldera" and "Nuno De Guzman" expedition. As she states here:

http://coljal.edu.mx/Revista/71/tradicion.pdf
http://maya.csuhayward.edu/archaeoplanet/LgdPage/Chacmool.htm

So that might be of some help. What I am curious about is what is the name of the ship/galleon that Capitan Miguel Caldera sailed on to Mexico??

Currently the Huichole Indigenous tribes live in villages that are farther out in the remote areas like Santa Catarina. Some come down from the remote areas and hang out in pueblos like Huejuquilla, Mezquitic and others to sell arts and crafts.

Here is an indigenous website of the area:

http://www.puebloindigena.com/portal/

One pueblo near the Huejuquilla, Jalisco area is called, "Tenzompa." Tenzompa existed even during pre-colombian times.

Now also there are the Mennonites in the Zacatecas region. They have two colonies, "La Batea and La Honda," in Zacatecas. They have about three generations in the area.