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  • Tarahumara (Raramuri) Indians

    Marty Via|Sep 27, 2012

    Tarahumara or Raramuri are a Native American tribe of northwestern Mexico who live in and above the Copper Canyons of northern Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains. Tarahumara people, who call themselves the Raramuri, means “foot-runner” or “he who walks well.” They are extraordinary endurance runners, having lived for generations amid a transportation network of narrow footpaths through the canyons; and they’ve been known to irritate American ultramarathoners by beating them while weari...