3/29/04: The Tarahumara People (Raramuri) They call themselves the Raramuri, "men of light feet". Tarahumara is the name given to them by the Spanish. Numbering approximately 50,000, they are the last free living indigenous people in North America, living their lives in the vast Sierra Madre region, only a tiny portion of which you will see from the train, a mountain range called often called the Sierra Tarahumaras because of their presence. |