Yaqui

E133330

The Yaqui are an Indigenous people of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands, especially northern Mexico, known for their rich ceremonial traditions, distinctive Pascola and Deer dances, and enduring resistance to colonization.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yaqui canonical 18
El Yaqui 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native American people
Uto-Aztecan language
Uto-Aztecan people
ethnic group
federally recognized tribe
series of armed conflicts
alsoKnownAs Hiaki
Yoemem
artForm ceremonial music
ritual dance
woodcarving
ceremony Easter ceremonies
Fiesta of San Ignacio
Lenten ceremonies
colonialOpponent Mexican state
Spanish Empire
country Mexico
United States of America
culturalElement mask carving for Pascola dancers
musical traditions with harp and violin
ritual use of water and flowers
governance traditional civil-religious hierarchy
historicalEvent Yaqui Wars
language Yaqui language
languageFamily Cahitan branch of Uto-Aztecan
nativeName Yoeme
notableFor Deer dance
Pascola dance
resistance to colonization
rich ceremonial traditions
opponent Government of Mexico
surface form: Mexican government
populationCenter Eight traditional Yaqui pueblos in Sonora
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
surface form: Pascua Yaqui communities in Arizona

Pueblo Yaqui, Sonora
primaryRegion Arizona
surface form: Arizona, United States

Sonora, Mexico
recognizedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
recognizedTribe Pascua Yaqui Tribe
surface form: Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona
region U.S.–Mexico border
surface form: U.S.–Mexico borderlands
religion Roman Catholicism
syncretic Catholic-Indigenous practices
socialOrganization pueblos with traditional authorities
suffered forced relocation
land dispossession
mass deportations to Yucatán and Oaxaca
traditionalReligion Yaqui religion
traditionalTerritory Yaqui Valley
surface form: Río Yaqui valley

Estado de Sonora
surface form: State of Sonora

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cuajimalpa de Morelos hasNeighbourhood Yaqui
this entity surface form: El Yaqui
Pochutec isRelatedTo Yaqui
Mayo relatedEthnicGroup Yaqui
Sonora, Mexico hasIndigenousPeople Yaqui
subject surface form: Sonora
Guadalupe ethnicHeritage Yaqui
subject surface form: Guadalupe, Arizona
John Romero hasEthnicity Yaqui
Opata relatedEthnicGroup Yaqui
Cahitan hasMemberLanguage Yaqui