The Casas chiquitas or Casitas were a coahuilteca ethnic group that inhabited during the second half of the eighteenth century a region known as El carrizal on the banks of the Rio Bravo south of the present city of Laredo.
The investigations show that the name of Casas Chiquitas was assigned to them because of the shape of their houses, since they were small and conical or pyramidal. The shape and size of their homes was due to the need for them to be easy to transport or build because this town was nomadic.
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