HUICHOL Occupations
KUELKER MISSIONS
| Arts/crafts The Huichol Indians are famous for their artwork. The craftsmanship of the Huichol includes embroidery, bead work, sombreros, archery equipment, prayer arrows and weaving, as well as “cuchuries”, woven or embroidered bags of great beauty and religious significance which also serve great practical purpose. It is uncommon to ever see a Huichol without his Cuchurie. |
| Agriculture The Huichol are Dirt Farmers, gleaning a living from land that is desert for half of the year and jungle the other half. During the rainy season, they live on their farms and make their art work. Their main crops are corn, chilies, beans, nopales (a type of cactus). Their lives revolve around the agricultural cycle. Because of this lack of wage earning opportunities many of the men leave for a few months each year to find agricultural work on the pacific coast. |
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