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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Vita Rose photographs of Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios and family, image #, NMAI.AC.372; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: Portrait of Maria Felix, niece of Wixarika (Huichol) marakame, or shaman, Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios, holding her son Oscar at their home in Tepic, Mexico. They are seated under a United State flag with Native American imagery superimposed on it.
Vita Rose Narrative: Maria Feliz and Oscar stand beneath a Native American flag in their home in Tepic, Mexico. Huichols feel a kinship with indigenous people worldwide. According to one version of their history, Huichols were once part of the greater Aztec nation, but split off when the Aztecs became warriors and conquerors. There is no record of engagement in war in Huichol history; their strength lies in their shamanic relationship to the spirit world.

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Vita Rose photographs of Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios and family

Creator

Rose, Vita

Summary

This collection includes photographic prints made by Vita Rose circa 1996 of Doña Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios and her family in Nayarit, Mexico. Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios was a Wixarika (Huichol) visual artist, musician, and spiritual leader.