National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico (December 2003),"Guarijíos", Indigenous Peoples of Contemporary Mexico.National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico (April 2017).The conquerors confused, they decided to use the expression and Spanish to refer to this tribe, as a gentilicio. The main pimas communities are in the municipality of Madera and in the community of Yepachi, belonging to the municipality of Temósachi.ĭuring the colonization, whenever the Spaniards asked the o'odham speakers something, they responded pi'ma, whose meaning may be"does not exist","I do not have", or"I do not understand". According to some of the missionaries, the Tepehuanes were warlike and polytheistic. They are distributed in rancherías between summits and ravines of the Sierra Tarahumara, in the south of Chihuahua.Īt the time of colonization, the Tepehuanes were evangelized by Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries. They live north in the Sierra Madre Occidental. Tepehuano translates as"people of the mountains". The Tepehuanes of the north or ódami, usually live in the municipality of Guadalupe and Calvo, although they are also found in smaller numbers in the municipality of Guachochi. In addition, it limits to the west with the mountainous zone of the state of Sonora, in the east with Chihuahua and to the south with the entity of Durango. The territory that is known as Sierra Tarahumara is located in the mountainous system that crosses from north to south to the Sierra Madre Occidental in the state of Chihuahua. Its language is part of the Aztec yuto family, the same that expands from the state of Utah and goes to Central America. The Tarahumara Indians call themselves"rarámuris", which means"runners on foot". Guarijío or guarijó means"people", also translated as"the people who speak the guarijía". They lived there since before the arrival of the Spaniards.Īs for the language, this community speaks variants belonging to the yuto Nahua language family. The Guarijíos continue to inhabit in their original territory, that is to say, in the surroundings of the border that delimits to Sonora and Chihuahua. The rest speak some language from the Mixtec languages. Finally, the Nahuatl with 1.2%, which equals 1,286. Then there is Tepehuán with 7.3%, approximately 8,396 Indians. The locations of these ethnic groups are located in territories that are difficult to access.Īs for the language, the predominant in the entity is the Tarahumara with 84.2%, or 85,316 people. Of these, 86% have less than 50 inhabitants, which are divided into four groups. In the state of Chihuahua there are 6,998 registered indigenous communities. and Mexico.In addition, according to UNESCO, the Catholic religion is the predominant among the indigenous population, with 78.1%. APHIS also facilitates mutually beneficial agricultural trade between the U.S. agriculture from the introduction and spread of animal disease and plant pests. United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS): The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) works to protect U.S. Regional Security Office (RSO):The Regional Security Office provides a safe environment to conduct foreign policy. government in the state of Chihuahua, with the aim of building greater mutual understanding between the United States and Mexico. Public Affairs: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) handles all media, cultural, educational, and academic programs of the U.S. Political-Economic: The Political-Economic Section collaborates with the Mexican government, the private sector, and civil society to strengthen the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship and to promote growth and mutual prosperity. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): DHS/ICE/HSI International Operations is the largest international investigative component within the Department of Homeland Security. Human Resources: Human Resources is responsible for administering the personnel functions of the Consulate. narcotics and controlled substance laws and regulations.įederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): The Federal Bureau of Investigation stations personnel overseas to protect Americans by building relationships with host-country law enforcement, intelligence sharing, and combatting high priority threats to the US and the host country. citizens, and processes nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications.ĭrug Enforcement Administration (DEA):The Drug Enforcement Administration is the lead federal agency in enforcing U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ principal mission in Mexico is to reduce violent crime in the United States and Mexico through the identification and apprehension of transnational firearm and explosives traffickers.Ĭonsular Section: The Consular Section processes passport and citizenship applications, assists U.S.
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