Tejano

thumb|310x310px |Tejanos (1859) Tejanos ( , ; ) are descendants of mostly Native Americans and Spanish settlers, but also Texas Creoles and Mestizos who settled in Texas before its admission as an American state. The term is also sometimes applied to Texans of Mexican descent.

== Etymology == The word Tejano, with a J instead of X, comes from the Spanish interpretation of the original Caddo indigenous word Tayshas, which means "friend" or "ally". Texas Mestizo refers to a person born in the New World that has one Texan-Spanish and one Indian parent.