They are best known to the larger world as the Huichol, although they refer to themselves as Wixáritari ("the people") in their Huichol language. The adjectival form of Wixáritari and name for their own …

Huichol and Cora, neighbouring Middle American Indian peoples living in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit in western Mexico. Numbering together about 40,000 in the late 20th century, they inhabit a …

The Huichol, or Wixáritari in their native language, are an indigenous group residing in the remote regions of Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental. Renowned for their vibrant spiritual practices and …

Jun 18, 2025 · Who are the Huichol people? The Huichol people, also known as Wixárika, are an indigenous group from the mountainous regions of Jalisco, Nayarit, Zacatecas, and Durango in …

The Huichol people are a small indigenous tribe of approximately 15,000 people living in the high mountains and rugged terrain in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico.

Huichol is a Uto-Aztecan language of central Mexico, spoken by about 20,000 people in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit. Huichol is a musical language with complex morphology (particularly in its long, …

WHO ARE THE HUICHOL? The Huichol Indians are a small tribe of approximately 35,000 living in central western Mexico near Ixtlan in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Their rugged environment has …

The Huichol (Wixárika = “the healers” in their own language) live in scattered, extended family, settlements (ranchos) and rely entirely on oral tradition. They are intensely religious, and see their …

Huichol art broadly groups the most traditional and most recent innovations in the folk art and handcrafts produced by the Huichol people, who live in the states of Jalisco, Durango, Zacatecas and Nayarit in …

The Mesoamerican society that we know today as the Huichol or Wixárika, is an Indigenous group of approximately 48,000 inhabiting the southern Sierra Madre Occidental, in North-Western Mexico.