Yaqui Wars

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colonial war indigenous resistance series of conflicts

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chichimeca War	1
Mexican–Apache conflicts	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial war ⓘ indigenous resistance ⓘ series of conflicts ⓘ
conflictBetween	Mexican government NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaqui people NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	early 20th century ⓘ
hasEffect	Yaqui diaspora within Mexico ⓘ 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 ⓘ Yaqui resistance to Mexican rule ⓘ Yaqui resistance to Spanish conquest ⓘ late 19th century Yaqui uprisings ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century Mexico ⓘ Porfirian Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish colonial era ⓘ
involves	Yaqui River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ forced displacement of Yaqui people ⓘ military campaigns against Yaqui communities ⓘ
languageOfParticipants	Spanish language ⓘ 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 ⓘ Yaqui traditional authorities ⓘ
partOf	Mexican campaigns against indigenous peoples ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Mexican land privatization policies in Sonora ⓘ Porfiriato NERFINISHED ⓘ deportation of Yaquis to Yucatán plantations ⓘ
result	continued Yaqui cultural survival ⓘ eventual military defeat of organized Yaqui resistance ⓘ
startTime	16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Yaqui → historicalEvent → Yaqui Wars ⓘ

Nueva Galicia → significantEvent → Yaqui Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chichimeca War

Geronimo → conflict → Yaqui Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican–Apache conflicts

Spanish–Native American wars → hasPart → Yaqui Wars ⓘ

Pima Revolt of 1751 → hasRelatedEvent → Yaqui Wars ⓘ