Calchaqui

The Calchaqui were Diaguita communities of the valleys of northwestern Argentina, speaking Kakán and living by farming and herding. Around 1480 they were incorporated into the Inca Empire. Their name came from the chief Juan Calchaquí, who led resistance to Spanish colonists in the sixteenth century.

The Calchaquí Wars lasted from 1560 to 1667. In the first war, Juan Calchaquí drove settlers from Córdoba de Calchaquí, Londres and Cañete; the last Diaguita stronghold fell at Amaicha del Valle in 1667.