Huarijio People
Guarijio, Huarijio, Warihío, Varihío or Varohío may refer to: * Guarijio people, an ethnic group of Mexico * Huarijio language Huarijio (''Huarijío'' in Spanish; also spelled Guarijío, Varihío, and Warihío) is a Uto-Aztecan languages, Uto-Aztecan language of the states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua and Sonora in northwestern Mexico. It is spoken by around 2,100 G ...

Guarijio People
The Guarijío () are an Indigenous people of Mexico. They primarily live in 17 villages near the West Sierra Madre Mountains in Chihuahua and the Sonoran border. Their homelands are remote and reached either on foot or horseback.Yetman 30 Their traditional Guarijio language has about 2100 speakers. Name The Guarijío people are also known as the Huarijío, Maculái, Macurái, Macurawe, Varihío, Varijío, Varohio, or Vorijío people. Language The Guarijío language is a Tarahumaran language of the Uto-Aztecan language family, written in the Latin script. A dictionary and grammar have been published for the language. Children primarily learn Spanish in school. History Guarijíos lived between the Tarahumara to the south and east and Mayo to the west. Spanish Jesuit missionaries arrived in their territory in the 1620s. The Jesuits established a mission in Chínipas, where some Guarijío and Guazapare people rebelled against them. After the Spanish military retaliated, the G ...
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