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The work is curious, and I am inclined to see in it a surviving imitation of the ancient feather-work for which the ancient Tarascans were famous.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick

Thence we went to Patzcuaro by rail, and studied the Tarascans in the villages about Lake Patzcuaro, visiting these by canoe-trips.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick

Olid in Michoacán.—The same year, 1522, marks the extension of Spanish rule into Michoacán, the territory of the hitherto independent Tarascans.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

The drivers who were in charge of them were pure Tarascans.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick

The first Tarascan name is given in the spelling used by Tarascans followed by the phonetic equivalent in English in parentheses.

From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.