Copper Canyon
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Copper Canyon is a system of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico that is 65,000 square kilometres in size. The
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Rio Urique, Copper Canyon.
The road to Batopilas descends into Copper Canyon.
A hotel at Divisadero perches on the rim of Copper Canyon. The railroad runs nearby.
Rarámuri
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The Rarámuri or Tarahumara are a group of Indigenous people of the Americas living in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. They are renowned for their form of prayer that involves running for extended pe
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…New Spanish, America was a new land to exploit for gold and silver and also to spread Christianity. The New Spanish named the people they encountered "Tarahumara", derived from the word Rarámuri, which is what the indigenous people call their men. Some scholars theorize that this word may mean 'The running…
Two Rarámuri men photographed in Tuaripa, Chihuahua, in 1892 by Carl Lumholtz
Rarámuri style flute, collected by Richard W. Payne, from the collection of Clint Goss
Rarámuri man collecting firewood
Two Rarámuri women (one with a baby nursing) at Arareco Lake near Creel, Chihuahua. The Rarámuri women wear the traditional brightly colored clothes for which they are famous. These women make and sell hand-made items at the lake.