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    Tejanos (/teɪˈhɑːnoʊz/, Spanish: [teˈxanos]) are descendants of Texas Creoles and Mestizos who settled in Texas before its admission as an American state...
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    polkas music and dance. Their music influenced the Tejanos. Central to the evolution of early Tejano music was the blend of traditional forms such as the...
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    with music media figures in a meet-and-greet conference. At the time, Tejanos were looked down on as "hayseed pochos" among Mexican citizens. The singer's...
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    The Tejano Monument is a memorial commemorating the impact of Tejanos on Texas culture and history, installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin...
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  • Lisa Lopez is a Tejano music singer who had a United States Billboard Regional Mexican Airplay number one single with "Si Quieres Verme Llorar" (1982)...
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  • The Tejano Music Awards (TMA) is an accolade created by former arts teacher and musician Rudy Trevino in 1980. The accolade recognizes outstanding performers...
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  • Tejano Run (May 5, 1992 – 2011) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who came second in the 1995 Kentucky Derby to Thunder Gulch. Tejano Run was bred...
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  • The Tejano Music Award for Album of the Year – Conjunto (formerly the Tejano Music Award for Album of the Year – Conjunto/Traditional from the 11th and...
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  • X's (album) (redirect from Tejano Blue)
    Records on July 12, 2024. It was preceded by the release of three singles, "Tejano Blue", "Dark Vacay" and "Baby Blue Movie". It received generally favorable...
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  • Tejano Proud: Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century is a 2002 non-fiction book by Guadalupe San Miguel, published by the Texas A&M University Press. John...
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    Juan Seguín (category Tejano politicians)
    (2012). Los Tejanos ; and, Lost cause. Seattle, Wash.: Fantagraphics Books. ISBN 978-1606995044. "Jack Jackson's American History: Los Tejanos Lost Cause"...
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    Intocable (category Tejano music groups)
    perhaps the most influential group in Tejano and their Tejano/Norteño fusion has become the blueprint for several Tejano bands. The group's style combines...
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  • Tejano South Texas: A Mexican American Cultural Province is a 2002 non-fiction book by Daniel D. Arreola, published by the University of Texas Press. It...
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  • The San Antonio Tejanos are a now-defunct baseball team which belonged to the Texas-Louisiana Baseball League, which later became the Central League....
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    José Antonio Navarro (category Tejano slave owners)
    Texas Senate before retiring from politics in 1849. Like a number of other Tejanos, Navarro owned enslaved African Americans. Between 1856 and 1864, he owned...
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  • The Texas Syndicate (Spanish: Sindicato Tejano) is a mostly Texas-based street and prison gang consisting of predominantly Mexican American membership...
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  • The Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album was awarded from 1999 to 2011. In its first year the award was titled Best Tejano Music Performance and in 2000...
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  • of Selena's death, Tejano music was one of the most popular Latin music subgenres in the U.S. Selena was called the "Queen of Tejano Music" and became...
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    Jennifer Peña (category Tejano pop musicians)
    Latin Grammy Awards nominated Mexican American Tejano/Latin pop singer known as "The Princess of Tejano". Peña reached a milestone in her career of over...
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  • The Tejano Music Award for Tejano Album of the Year (formerly the Tejano Music Award for Best Tejano/Norteño Album) is an honor presented annually by the...
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  • considered Selena the 'queen' of Tejano music, her closest male counterpart, Emilio Navaira, has often been called the "king" of Tejano music. "Exclusive Interview...
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    surrender, he extended an offer of amnesty for all Tejanos inside the fortress to walk away unharmed. Most Tejanos evacuated from the fortress about February...
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    shown by the writings of colonial Tejanos such as Antonio Menchaca, the Texas Revolution was initially a colonial Tejano cause. Mexico encouraged immigration...
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  • Indoor Soccer League. In 1996, Molano founded the DFW Tejanos Soccer Club In 2014, DFW Tejanos Soccer Club merged with the Dallas Texans Soccer Club....
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    2,301,868 0.7% Other Hispanic or Latino (Including Hispano, Californio, Tejano, Isleño, and unspecified Hispanic origins) — 2,276,867 0.7% Arab (Including...
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  • Mazz (category Tejano music groups)
    Mazz was a Tejano band originally from Brownsville, Texas. The band was known for their idiosyncratic and innovative form of Tejano cumbia which made them...
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    for the enforcement of customs duties angering native Mexican citizens (Tejanos) and recent immigrants alike. The Anahuac Disturbances in 1832 were the...
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  • include Texas country, red dirt, and Hispano- and Mexican American-led Tejano and New Mexico music, which still exists alongside longstanding indigenous...
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  • Emilio Navaira (category Tejano musicians)
    III (August 23, 1962 – May 16, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter of Tejano and country music. He is the winner of one Grammy Award and one Latin Grammy...
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  • Los Dinos (English: Selena and the Guys) was an American Tejano band formed in 1981 by Tejano singer Selena and her father Abraham Quintanilla. The band...
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