The Julimes people were a Native American people in the region of present-day

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. They may have spoken a Concho or

Jumano The Jumanos were a tribe or several tribes, who inhabited a large area of western Texas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, especially near the Junta de los Rios region with its large settled Indigenous population. They lived in the Big Bend area ...

language. Early Spanish explorers, including

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, recorded Julimes living around

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in the mid-17th century. Over the next hundred years, the Julimes migrated south along the

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, towards present-day

Julimes Julimes is a town and seat of the municipality of Julimes, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town of Julimes had a population of 1,795, up from 1,756 as of 2005.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía ...

, Chihuahua. In 1890, archaeologist

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reported that the Julimes were extinct.

References

{{reflist Extinct Native American peoples Native American tribes in Texas