Gene Boudreau

Gene Boudreau is an authority on the indigenous Tarahumara Indians. When the Spaniards arrived in Mexico in the 16th century, the Tarahumara retreated into the Copper Canyon of the Sierra Madre Occidental. The Tarahumara are incredible athletes, renowned for their long distance running ability. For 50 years Gene has traveled into the mountain wilderness, sometimes on foot, often on burro, to study the culture and ways of these ancient people, making friends and buying their wares. He has survived banditos, smugglers, drug lords, dysentery, typhoid and the heat. He has written numerous books, including Trails of the Sierra Madre, Tales of the Sierra Madre, and Chubasco, a novel of the 1910 Mexican Revolution. He has amassed an incredible collection of ethnographic artifacts and photographs. In 2000, he donated 2500 items of his collection to the Smithsonian Institute, which noted this contribution as the most important collection of 20th century materials from Northern Mexico in existence.

For more information on the Tarahumara Indians check out the article in Wikipedia.

Gene's books are available on Amazon.com.

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