Editing Tejanos (section)

===Ethnic and national origins===
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In the 2007 [[American Community Survey]] (ACS) data,
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US48&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_QTP4&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false |title=Hispanics in Texas-Tejanos |access-date=2007-05-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212042041/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US48&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_QTP4&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false |archive-date=2020-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tejanos are defined as those Texans descended from colonists of the Spanish colonial period (before 1821), or descended from Indigenous [[Spanish Mexicans]], and indigenous Mexicans.<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard G. Santos|title=Silent Heritage: The Sephardim and the Colonization of the Spanish North American Frontier 1492-1600|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VMLrAAAAMAAJ|date= 2000|publisher=New Sepharad Press|page=385|isbn=9780967472713}}</ref>

Tejanos have a unique cultural identity that is a mixture of Spanish, Indigenous, and African influences. Tejanos have made greatcontributions to the cultural heritage of Texas in terms of [[music]], [[food]], [[language]], and [[tradition]]s. The term "Tejano<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Texas State Historical |title=Understanding Tejano Identity: History and Cultural Significance |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tejano?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref>" has been employed to describe various expressions of culture and as an emblem of the unique heritage of Texans of Mexican descent over time.