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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 periods of time. [1] Originally inhabitants of much of Chihuahua, the Rarámuri retreated to the high sierras and canyons such as the Copper Canyon ...
María Lorena Ramírez. María Lorena Ramírez Hernández (born January 1, 1995) is an indigenous long-distance runner belonging to the Rarámuri ethnic group. She lives in Rejocochi, a small community in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. [1] She became internationally known after winning the Cerro Rojo UltraTrail in 2017, an ultra-distance race ...
Tarahumara Woman Being Weighed, Chihuahua. 1892 photo by Carl Lumholtz.. Lumholtz later travelled to Mexico with the Swedish botanist C. V. Hartman He stayed for many years, conducting several expeditions from 1890 through to 1910 which were paid for by the American Museum of Natural History.
Spanish. Tarahumara. Lorena, Light-Footed Woman is a 2019 documentary film directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo and starring Lorena Ramirez, Mario Ramírez and Santiago Ramírez. The premise revolves around Lorena, a long-distance runner from Mexico. [1][2]
Indigenous women use national and international legislation to support their claims that go against cultural norms such as domestic violence. [69] Reproductive justice is an important issue to indigenous communities because there is a lack of development in these areas and is less access to maternal care.
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
Carmelita "Carm" Little Turtle is an Apache / Tarahumara photographer [1][2] born in Santa Maria, California, on June 4, 1952. [3] Her hand-painted, sepia-toned photographs explore gender roles, women's rights and the relationships between women and men. Little Turtle's constructed photographic tableaux cast her husband, her relatives, and ...
Carl Lumholtz: <i>Tarahumara Woman Being Weighed</i>, Barranca de San Carlos (Sinforosa), Chihuahua, 1892; from <i>Among Unknown Tribes: Rediscovering the Photographs of Explorer Carl Lumholtz</i>. The book includes essays by Bill Broyles, Ann Christine Eek, and others, and is published by the University of Texas Press. Width.