Interesting facts
The Huichols never have trained for war or have fought other tribes… Not even the Spanish during the War of Mexico. Deer, Corn and Peyote are the key spiritual symbols in the Huichol Culture,
In Huichol Mythology they evolved from wolves. By learning the ways of the gods, hunting the deer and offering the blood of the deer to the gods they were finally able to remain in human form. Shamans proclaim the ability to metamorphose into wolves. They remain one of the last tribes of people in North America who still live much as they did in Per-colombian times, maintaining the same ageless rituals and beliefs. They are considered by many anthropologists to be an invaluable window to the past.
HISTORY
The Huichol are an indigenous ethnic group of Western Central Mexico that live in the Sierra Madre Occidental. They call themselves the Wixarica or the People in their native language, Wixa (the x is a trilled r) The Huichol are originally from the state of San Luis Potosi to the east of where they are found now, in Durango, Jalisco, Zacatecas and Nayarit. They are decedents of the Aztec and are related to their UTO_Aztecan speaking cousin, the Hopi of Arizona. It is believed that the remnant of Huichol that have survived are the High Priests of the Aztec nation and when the Spanish came to concur Mexico they were hidden in the Sierras and only came to the city in the 1940’s only to find out why the wild life had left the area. They use a Per-columbian Shamanic tradition which is tied to their past ceremonies. Having withstood the Spanish Invasion, they are still striving to keep their culture alive and viable. The Huichol romanticize their past, when game was plentiful and they were free to roam the vast mountain ranges and deserts of their homeland. This was a time of freedom for them, before they became tethered to the growing of corn.
