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| Artist’s depiction of a Jumano hunter on an overlook high above the Rio Grande. The term Jumano was used by the Spanish to refer to native people who painted or tattooed their bodies (rayado in Spanish), and it was also used as the name of a particular nation that occupied lands along the Pecos River of Texas. The “Jumano problem” – tracing the identity of the Indian peoples known by this term – and the overall challenge of linking the Jumano to Late Prehistoric and later historically known cultures remains uncertain. This 1994 painting by artist Feather Radha can be seen in Restaurante Lobby's OK in Ojinaga, Mexico. Courtesy Elsa Socorro Arroyo. |