Mexico (Sierra of Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and the desert of Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi), United States (California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas)
Languages
Huichol, Spanish, English
Religion
Shamanism, Animism, Peyotism, Jehovah Witness, Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Cora, Tepehuán, Tarahumara, Hopi, other Uto-Aztecan-speaking peoples
The Huichol (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈwit͡ʃo̞l]) or Wixárika (Huichol pronunciation:[wiˈraɾika])[1] are an indigenous people of Mexico and the United States living in the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Durango, as well as in the United States in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. They are best known to the larger world as the Huichol, although they refer to themselves as Wixáritari ("the people") in their native Huichol language. The adjectival form of Wixáritari and name for their own language is Wixárika.
The Wixáricas speak a language of the Wixarikan group that is closely related to the Nahuatl group. Furthermore, they have received Mesoamerican influences, which is reflected by the fact that Wixarika has features typical to the Mesoamerican language area.
Their spirituality traditionally involves collecting and consuming peyote (Lophophora williamsii), a cactus that possesses hallucinogenic effects due to its psychoactive alkaloids, such as mescaline.
^"Gramática didáctica del huichol: escritura fonológica y sistema de escritura, Volumen 1". Función. XIV (19–20). 1999. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
The Huichol (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwit͡ʃo̞l]) or Wixárika (Huichol pronunciation: [wiˈraɾika]) are an indigenous people of Mexico and the United States...
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recorded time, peyote has been used by indigenous peoples, such as the Huichol of northern Mexico and by various Native American tribes, native to or...
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its qualities to the tribe. For the Huichol it is the deer that holds this intimate role. The character of the Huichol tends to be light, flexible and humorous...
de Catorce has long been a pilgrimage site for both local Catholics and Huichol shamanists, and is now being discovered by international tourists drawn...
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design. McCartney travelled to Mexico, where she lived among natives of the Huichol and Tarahumara tribes. She later moved to Arizona to live with her biological...
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minus sign. The plus sign sometimes represents /ɨ/ in the orthography of Huichol. In the algebraic notation used to record games of chess, the plus sign...
origin, which came from Spain to New Galicia in the 16th century. The Huichol Museum is located in the building. The church complex belongs to the Franciscan...
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other being Jalisco. Home to Uto-Aztecan indigenous peoples such as the Huichol and Cora, the region was exposed to the conquistadores Hernán Cortés and...
mythological references to a horned rabbit creature can be found in Huichol legends. The Huichol oral tradition has passed down tales of a horned rabbit and of...
April 20, 2024. Bruman, Henry J. (July 1944). "The Asiatic Origin of the Huichol Still". Geographical Review. 34 (3): 418–427. doi:10.2307/209973. JSTOR 209973...
minutes. The title means "blue deer" in the Huichol language and refers to a spiritual guide in Huichol folklore that is encountered during a pilgrimage...
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