Mai ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāhā, ua ʻike ʻia ka noho ʻana o ka poʻe Purépecha i kahi panalāʻau i puni i nā mea āpau i kēia lā ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Michoacán a me kahi ʻāpana o Guanajuato, Guerrero a me Querétaro.
ʻAʻole i lilo nā lālā o ka poʻe Purépecha i ka naʻi aupuni a i kēia lā he poʻe me ko lākou ʻano ponoʻī.
Ua hana ʻo Don Vasco de Quiroga i kahi hana waiwai a mahalo ʻia, e hana ana i nā kula a me nā kauhale kahi i hoʻolauna ai - e like me ka ʻaoʻao Purépecha - ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hana noʻeau e hoʻomau nei i kēia lā. Aia nā ʻāpana he 13 o nā kaona a aia ia ma ka ʻaoʻao kūkulu ʻākau o ka mokuʻāina. ʻO kekahi ʻano o ka Plateau ka mea nui o kona lāhui ʻōiwi, ʻoiai kahi ʻāpana o ia e hana nei i kahi kaʻina o ka acculturation. Eia nō naʻe, ka ʻōlelo a me ka lāhui, i waena o nā kumu ʻē aʻe, nā mea e hāʻawi i ka pilina a mālama paʻa i ka moʻomeheu Purépecha.
MAKAIKAI NA LUNA
Ma ka pā ʻo Purépecha he 18 mau hale pule mai ke kenekulia 16 i kūpono e kipa aku ai. Eia kēia: Pichátaro, Sevina, Nahuatzen, Cherán, Aranza, Paracho, Ahuiran, Pomacuarán, San Felipe de los Herreros, Nurio, Cocucho, Charapan, Ocumicho, Corupo, Zacán, Angaguan, San Lorenzo a me Capácuaro.
