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The Western Tarahumara of Mexico

The Western Tarahumara of Mexico, numbering approximately 25,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indigenous Rarámuri people of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua, Mexico, distinguished by their use of the Western Tarahumara language variety. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Lowland Tarahumara is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Tarahumara, Western

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Aztec
Primary Language(s): Lowland Tarahumara (tac)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 25,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024940
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

92%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lowland Tarahumara
Language Family: Uto-Aztecan

100%
%
Tarahumara, Western Speakers

Media Resources in Lowland Tarahumara:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Lowland Tarahumara:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2008 The Bible League✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Lowland Tarahumara bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Western Tarahumara are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Western Tarahumara:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Western Tarahumara of Mexico

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
readProverbs 4:19

Pray that lost people will accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
readIsaiah 40:11

Pray that the lost will come to know the tender care of the Good Shepherd, who gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
readPsalm 51:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence that God has turned His face from their sins and forgiven their iniquities.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Tarahumara, Baja Across Countries (ROP3 - 110804) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Western TarahumaraPG024940Western TarahumaraMexico25,000Engaged yet UnreachedLowland TarahumaraFolk Catholicism

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