essay
Introduction
people of the peyote: huichol indian history, religion, & survival • Albuquerque • Published In 1996 • Pages: 1-25
By: Schaefer, Stacy B., Furst, Peter T..
Abstract
This document covers some of the factors that have allowed the Huichol to retain their pre-Christian religion with few accommodations to the dominant Catholic faith. The most important reason is the centrality of traditional Huichol religion—an enormous repository of practical and esoteric knowledge passed down through the generations by divine ancestors—defining not just ethnic identity but everyday practice as well. (For non-English terms see Schaefer [1996] "Glossary." For references cited see Schaefer and Furst [1996] "Bibliography.")
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Northern Mexico
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem
- Field Date
- 1984-1994
- Coverage Date
- 1930-1994
- Coverage Place
- southern Sierra Madre Occidental (Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas), Mexico
- Notes
- Stacy B. Schaefer and Peter T. Furst
- for bibliographical references see document 23: [Schaefer and Furst]
- LCCN
- 95032453
- LCSH
- Huichol Indians