essay
"How one goes being Huichol…"
People of the peyote: Huichol Indian history, religion, & survival • Albuquerque • Published In 1996 • Pages: 186-205
By: Silva, Ramón Medina.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides excerpts from interviews with a Huichol shaman, Ramón Medina Silva, who in the 1960s was a key informant for a generation of anthropologists. Ramón discusses Huichol history and identity, including relations among themselves and with the dominant Mexican culture. He underscores the importance of a range of Huichol mythologies and religious practices, including the sacredness of maize and deer, ancestor gods, and the meanings of fire, peyote, and traditional Huichol lands. Ramón views the Huichols as the true, authentic Mexicans. At the same time, he expresses his concern that the Huichol are at risk of losing the autonomy and authenticity of their culture because of expanding market forces and development goals of the Mexican government. (For non-English terms see Schaefer [1996] "Glossary." For references cited see Schaefer and Furst [1996] "Bibliography.")
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Cultural identity and pride
- Inter-ethnic relations
- General character of religion
- Animism
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Congregations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Real property
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Revelation and divination
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Huichol
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965-1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1925-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Sierra Madre Occidental (Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas), Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ramón Medina Silva (ca. 1925-1971)
- for bibliographical references see document 23: [Schaefer and Furst]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95032453
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Huichol Indians