Lewis Tewanima

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Silver	1912 Stockholm	10000 metres

Louis Tewanima (born 1888 - died January 18, 1969) was a Hopi Indian Track team member of the Carlisle Indian School (teammate was Jim Thorpe) American athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 meters.

He competed for United States in the 1908 Olympic Games, held in London, where he finished in ninth place in the Marathon. He also competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the 10,000 meters where he won the silver medal.

He is a running legend to the Hopi tribe and there is a race dedicated to him every year on the mesa of Shungopavi. It's primarily a 5K & 10K which is held on the weekend of Labor Day. The course starts in the village on top of the mesa and follows the highway down the mesa. The 10K includes a 3 mile run through a riverbed. The last part of both the 5K & 10K is a climb up stairs to the top of the mesa where the finish line is located. Among other great runners, Billy Mills has been sited in attendance at this event called the Tewanima.