Most people think “Nahua” automatically means “Aztec.” That’s not true. The Cuyutecos were Nahua speakers in southwestern Jalisco— far from the Aztec Empire, with their own history that rarely gets mentioned. If you’ve never heard of them, that silence is the story. Not all Nahuas were Aztecs Cuyutecos Nahua people Nahua identity Aztec misconception Indigenous Jalisco history Western Mexico indigenous Nahua language family Pre Hispanic Jalisco Hidden Mexico history Indigenous Mexico tribes Nahua