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Norogachi , in the municipality of Guachochi it is one of the most important communities in the Sierra Tarahumara. Headquarters of the indigenous people of the same name because there is the temple (Our Lady of Pilar), the Komeráchi (the community of community) and the Plaza Mayor of the town. There the Tarahumaras meet Sunday to Sunday to listen after the Mass’s Nawésari of the Governor (Siríame) main of the 5 villages (Mariana Village, Chotuita, Paphajichi, Pawichiki and Norogachi himself) that form a confederation with Norogachi and even occasionally distant villages such as Aboéachi or Narárachi. Tarahumares totally conserving the autonomy of their peoples recognize Norogachi’s primacy.

Norogachi means “round hills” of Tarahumara Noró = Redondo, ga, gawí = hill, chi = place. A variant is “El Redondel” referring to the disposition of the hills that surround the Norogachi Valley.

The celebration of Holy Week (Noríruachi) in Norogachi by the Tarahumares has a worldwide reputation and has been filmed and photographed by numerous artists of various nationalities. The end of the year parties starting on October 12 with the patron feast of Our Lady of Pilar (Pirárochi), followed by Guadalupe (Warúpachi) and Christmas (Nabiráchi), and finally the closure of Easter on the day of kings (Réunchi , Páskochi) represent opportunities to appreciate the dances of Matachines and violin music that has also reached national fame (see Erasmus Palma Fernández)

The town of the town of Norogachi is mainly formed by mestizo families settled around the missionary facilities. Some mestizos are descendants of rural teachers who remained in the region of other merchants who established themselves taking advantage of indigenous congregations at parties and Sundays. Some notable mestizo families of Norogachi include the Villalobos, Moreno, Loya, Aguirre, Pérez, Herrera, Gardea, Molina among others.

The incipient archeology of the region reveals old rooms, of the circular type and funeral caves belonging to the various “horizons” described by Zingg (“baskets”, “transitional horizon of the strong river”) but the exploration has barely begun (Irigoyen 2011) It can be said, however, the region has been continuously inhabited for several thousand years. Near Norogachi is winning – the cave of the giants – where American researchers withdrew bones that the natives attributed to giants (or their victims).

Norogachi was founded in 1690 and was affected by the indigenous rebellions of that time. Norogachi was one of the first missions that were reopened when the Jesuits returned in 1901 (in December) Father Vargas opened the first tohuisado (boarding school for children) of the Sierra in 1905. This foundation in fact would constitute the soul of the missionary station and Therefore of the modern Norogachi in the coming years. In 1913, a battle between the Huertistas and Constitutionalist forces was fought in Norogachi, being defeated the latter.

In 1934 the Government expropriated within the aciagos events of the religious persecution of the school and the indigenous boarding school that were not returned until 1942 in a state of deplorable carelessness. The servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the poor have since attended the boarding school and school. The work with the children has become the Marist brothers since the 70’s.

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When the mission works are resumance, a significant number of Jesuit missionaries have presided over the activities of the mission including parents Pichardo, Galván (Reputed Medical), Brambila, Moreno, Uranga, Díaz Infante, Robles, Vallejo and many others. The establishment of the Confederation of the Five Peoples – Mariana Pobora – was encouraged by Fr. Ernesto Uranga in the 1950s and 1960’s and the School of Languages ​​by Fr. Carlos Díaz Infante in the 1970’s.

In 1959 the sisters of the mercy of San Carlos Borromeo founded the San Carlos Clinic that has since served as a regional medical hospital and office. This center has been treated by religious nurses trained in Austria (SM Elise Andris, SM Rosalía Mendoza) and American doctors (Hardy Carlton, William Lohr, Chuck Cullen and others) that flew from Texas, Oregon and New Mexico to lend their serve in a short one incursions that nevertheless provided medical care to many patients. Since 1974 the clinic has had a resident doctor (Drs. Irigoyen, Licona, and others).
In the current year (2019), the Marist Brothers, through the Marist University of Mérida provided a newly graduated general doctor, Dr. Lizandro Lizama Medina who provides services until the moment of publication of this letter.

There are also from the 1950s an official school dedicated mainly dedicated to the mestizo settlers and since 1977 a clinic a clinic established by the IMSS-Contala Plan. The landing floor is an indispensable element for communication and the evacuation of serious patients.

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