Yaqui Wars
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The Yaqui Wars were a series of violent conflicts from the 16th to early 20th centuries between the Indigenous Yaqui people of northern Mexico and Spanish, then Mexican, authorities over land, autonomy, and resistance to colonization.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yaqui Wars canonical | 3 |
| Chichimeca War | 1 |
| Mexican–Apache conflicts | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5990282 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yaqui Wars Context triple: [Yaqui, historicalEvent, Yaqui Wars]
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A.
Yavapai War
The Yavapai War was a 19th-century conflict between the United States and the Yavapai (often allied with Apache groups) in Arizona, marked by campaigns of forced removal and violent suppression of Indigenous resistance.
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B.
Cochise War
The Cochise War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Chiricahua Apache led by Chief Cochise and the United States, marked by raids and guerrilla warfare across the Southwest following a breakdown in relations in 1861.
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C.
Hualapai War
The Hualapai War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Hualapai people and the United States in what is now Arizona, driven largely by tensions over land, resources, and encroaching settlement.
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D.
Jicarilla War
The Jicarilla War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the United States and the Jicarilla Apache in the American Southwest, marked by battles over land, resources, and U.S. expansion.
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E.
Geronimo Campaign
The Geronimo Campaign was a late 19th-century U.S. military operation aimed at capturing the Apache leader Geronimo, marking one of the final major conflicts of the Apache Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yaqui Wars Target entity description: The Yaqui Wars were a series of violent conflicts from the 16th to early 20th centuries between the Indigenous Yaqui people of northern Mexico and Spanish, then Mexican, authorities over land, autonomy, and resistance to colonization.
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A.
Yavapai War
The Yavapai War was a 19th-century conflict between the United States and the Yavapai (often allied with Apache groups) in Arizona, marked by campaigns of forced removal and violent suppression of Indigenous resistance.
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B.
Cochise War
The Cochise War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Chiricahua Apache led by Chief Cochise and the United States, marked by raids and guerrilla warfare across the Southwest following a breakdown in relations in 1861.
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C.
Hualapai War
The Hualapai War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Hualapai people and the United States in what is now Arizona, driven largely by tensions over land, resources, and encroaching settlement.
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D.
Jicarilla War
The Jicarilla War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the United States and the Jicarilla Apache in the American Southwest, marked by battles over land, resources, and U.S. expansion.
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E.
Geronimo Campaign
The Geronimo Campaign was a late 19th-century U.S. military operation aimed at capturing the Apache leader Geronimo, marking one of the final major conflicts of the Apache Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial war
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indigenous resistance ⓘ series of conflicts ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Mexican government
NERFINISHED
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Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaqui people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
Yaqui diaspora within Mexico
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Yaqui population decline ⓘ intensified Mexican control over Sonora ⓘ long-term militarization of Sonora region ⓘ loss of Yaqui ancestral lands ⓘ |
| hasNotableCommander |
José María Leyva "Cajeme"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Juan Maldonado Waswechia "Tetabiate" NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan Maldonado de Ordaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Porfirio Díaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Porfirian-era Yaqui campaigns
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Yaqui resistance to Mexican rule ⓘ Yaqui resistance to Spanish conquest ⓘ late 19th century Yaqui uprisings ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century Mexico
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Porfirian Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish colonial era ⓘ |
| involves |
Yaqui River valley
NERFINISHED
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forced displacement of Yaqui people ⓘ military campaigns against Yaqui communities ⓘ |
| languageOfParticipants |
Spanish language
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Yaqui language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sonora
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Mexico ⓘ |
| mainCause |
defense of Yaqui autonomy
ⓘ
defense of Yaqui land ⓘ resistance to colonization ⓘ |
| opponent |
First Mexican Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Porfirio Díaz government NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Mexican Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Yaqui military leaders
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Yaqui traditional authorities ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mexican campaigns against indigenous peoples
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Spanish colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Mexican land privatization policies in Sonora
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Porfiriato NERFINISHED ⓘ deportation of Yaquis to Yucatán plantations ⓘ |
| result |
continued Yaqui cultural survival
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eventual military defeat of organized Yaqui resistance ⓘ |
| startTime | 16th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Yaqui Wars Description of subject: The Yaqui Wars were a series of violent conflicts from the 16th to early 20th centuries between the Indigenous Yaqui people of northern Mexico and Spanish, then Mexican, authorities over land, autonomy, and resistance to colonization.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chichimeca War