THE HUICHOL STORY
KUELKER MISSIONS
| 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 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 the their homeland. This was a time of freedom for them, before they became tethered to the growing of corn. |
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