[3] Tewanima was a Hopi Native American and spent nearly his entire life on a reservation in Arizona.

[3] After the 1912 Olympics, Tewanima returned to his reservation and spent the rest of his life herding sheep and growing crops.

In 1954, he was selected for the all-time U.S. Olympic track & field team, and in 1957, inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame.

[3] Tewanima is a running legend to the Hopi tribe, and there is a race dedicated to him every year on top of Second Mesa.

Among other great runners, Billy Mills has been sighted in attendance at this event called the Louis Tewanima Footrace.