home about us > current projects |The Website, Database, and Search Engine
Between 1973 and the late 1990s, Juan Negrín documented many of the Huichol's sacred shrines and caves that are living archeological sites, some dating back to prehispanic times. He extensively photographed the natural environment, the people, their ceremonies, and numerous pilgrimages. He also made hundreds of tape recordings of music, chants, and conversations with the Huichol on their mythology and the etymology of their language.
The database and website projects will ultimately offer the Huichol and students of their culture a vast audio, visual, and written historical archive. The sections on art and culture will highlight examples of contemporary and traditional art and provide on-line photo exhibits and essays on their history and traditions. The news section will post links to articles published in the Mexican press and elsewhere about the Huichol, or of particular interest to them, and articles on sustainable technology and conservation in the region. The Wixarika search engine is a longer term project that will only become functional once sufficient material has been entered into the database.
In January 2008, the bilingual version of the website was launched making it accessible to the Huichol. For more than a century, many explorers, ethnographers and anthropologists have visited them, and then taken their written impressions and on occasion a few photographs to share with the rest of the world, but few Huichol have ever been able to view, study, or comment on these archives. With computers now installed in the Sierras' bilingual schools and some connected to the Internet, we believe the Wixarika website can serve as an educational tool, as well as give the Huichol a means to voice their opinions and concerns, and to take pride in and express their unique culture.
Our goal is to preserve as much visual, audio, and written material as possible for future generations of the Huichol and for use in educating the rest of the world about their unique and endangered way of life.
«Return to Previous Page
Between 1973 and the late 1990s, Juan Negrín documented many of the Huichol's sacred shrines and caves that are living archeological sites, some dating back to prehispanic times. He extensively photographed the natural environment, the people, their ceremonies, and numerous pilgrimages. He also made hundreds of tape recordings of music, chants, and conversations with the Huichol on their mythology and the etymology of their language.
The database and website projects will ultimately offer the Huichol and students of their culture a vast audio, visual, and written historical archive. The sections on art and culture will highlight examples of contemporary and traditional art and provide on-line photo exhibits and essays on their history and traditions. The news section will post links to articles published in the Mexican press and elsewhere about the Huichol, or of particular interest to them, and articles on sustainable technology and conservation in the region. The Wixarika search engine is a longer term project that will only become functional once sufficient material has been entered into the database.
In January 2008, the bilingual version of the website was launched making it accessible to the Huichol. For more than a century, many explorers, ethnographers and anthropologists have visited them, and then taken their written impressions and on occasion a few photographs to share with the rest of the world, but few Huichol have ever been able to view, study, or comment on these archives. With computers now installed in the Sierras' bilingual schools and some connected to the Internet, we believe the Wixarika website can serve as an educational tool, as well as give the Huichol a means to voice their opinions and concerns, and to take pride in and express their unique culture.
Our goal is to preserve as much visual, audio, and written material as possible for future generations of the Huichol and for use in educating the rest of the world about their unique and endangered way of life.
«Return to Previous Page
