Tarahumara

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Indigenous people Native American people ethnic group

The Tarahumara, also known as the Rarámuri, are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico renowned for their exceptional long-distance running abilities and traditional lifestyle in the canyons of the Sierra Madre.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tarahumara canonical 15
Tarahumara (Rarámuri) 2
Tarahumara communities 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rarámuri ⓘ
athleticReputation inspiration for minimalist running movement ⓘ
climateAdaptation dispersed settlement patterns in canyons ⓘ
colonialHistory missionized by Jesuits ⓘ
subjected to Spanish colonization ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalPractice communal fiestas ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
ritual drinking of tesgüino (corn beer) ⓘ
use of corn-based diet ⓘ
use of huarache sandals for running ⓘ
culturalRepresentation featured in the book "Born to Run" by Christopher McDougall ⓘ
demographicTrend many members live in remote canyon communities ⓘ
some members migrate seasonally for wage labor ⓘ
facingIssue deforestation in their territory ⓘ
drug-related violence in the Sierra Madre ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
knownFor endurance running ⓘ
long-distance running ⓘ
traditional lifestyle ⓘ
language Rarámuri language ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
legalStatus recognized by the Mexican state as an Indigenous group ⓘ
locatedIn Copper Canyon ⓘ
Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
Northern Mexico ⓘ
surface form: northern Mexico
meaningOfName Rarámuri ⓘ
surface form: Rarámuri means "runners on foot" or "those who run fast"
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Mexico ⓘ
region Chihuahua ⓘ
religion syncretic Catholicism and Indigenous beliefs ⓘ
selfDesignation Rarámuri ⓘ
traditionalActivity ariweta (women’s hoop-and-stick race) ⓘ
foot races ⓘ
rarajipari (kick-ball running game) ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
chile ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy pastoralism ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing cave dwellings ⓘ
stone houses ⓘ
wooden cabins ⓘ
traditionalReligion polytheistic Indigenous religion ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sierra Madre Occidental → indigenousPeoples → Tarahumara ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan → includesLanguage → Tarahumara ⓘ
Chihuahua → hasIndigenousGroup → Tarahumara ⓘ
Rarámuri → alsoKnownAs → Tarahumara ⓘ
Rarámuri → exonym → Tarahumara ⓘ
Northern Mexico → hasEthnicGroup → Tarahumara ⓘ
State of Chihuahua → hasIndigenousPeople → Tarahumara ⓘ
Pochutec → isRelatedTo → Tarahumara ⓘ
Southern Uto-Aztecan → hasLanguage → Tarahumara ⓘ
Tepehuan → neighboringGroup → Tarahumara ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Southwest → hasSubgroup → Tarahumara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarahumara (Rarámuri)
Rarámuri language → ethnicity → Tarahumara ⓘ
Rarámuri language → alternateName → Tarahumara ⓘ
Batopilas town → hasNearbyIndigenousGroup → Tarahumara ⓘ
subject surface form: Batopilas
this entity surface form: Rarámuri (Tarahumara)
Rarámuri people → alsoKnownAs → Tarahumara ⓘ
Urique Canyon → inhabitedBy → Tarahumara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarahumara communities
Tarahumaran languages → usedBy → Tarahumara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarahumara communities
Pima Bajo → neighboringIndigenousGroup → Tarahumara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarahumara (Rarámuri)
Warihío → neighboringGroup → Tarahumara ⓘ
Cuauhtémoc Municipality, Chihuahua → hasEthnicGroup → Tarahumara ⓘ