Huichol
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The Wixárika or Huichol are an Indigenous people of Mexico living in the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Durango, with considerable communities in the U
Wixárika women and children
A Nayarit tomb figure in the permanent collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
A Huichol man in everyday attire (c. 1898)
Photo of Huichol woman and child.
Peyote
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Peyote, also known as Lophophora williamsii, is a small, spineless cactus which contains psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline. Peyote is a Spanish word derived from the Nahuatl peyōtl, meani
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…by the fact that Wixarika has features typical of the Mesoamerican language area. Their spirituality traditionally involves collecting and consuming peyote (Lophophora williamsii), a cactus that possesses hallucinogenic effects due to its psychoactive alkaloids, such as mescaline. The Wixárika say that…
Peyote Cactus
A group of Lophophora williamsii
A flowering peyote
Lophophora williamsii seedling at roughly 1+1⁄2 months of age