Yaqui - Wikipedia
The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are an Indigenous people of Mexico and Native American tribe, who speak the Yaqui language, a Uto-Aztecan language. [2] Their primary homelands are in Río Yaqui valley [4] in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. [1] . Today, there are eight Yaqui Pueblos in Sonora. [4][1]
Native Peoples of the Sonoran Desert: The Yoeme - U.S.
Today, the majority of Yoeme people live south of the US border in the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa. There, the largest Yoeme communities are located in the valley of the Yaqui River on reserved land. There are also Yoeme communities in the city of Hermosillo, in colonies like El Coloso, La Matanza, and Sarmiento.
Culture - Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Culture is an important element with all Yaqui communities and bonds both Christianity and Yaqui spirituality in the hope for a better view of the world and morality. An example of Yaqui spirituality is the iconic symbol of the deer and the deer dancer whom mimics the connection to which Yaqui people have the nature.
Yaqui - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月23日 · The Yaqui lived in rancherías, small clusters of houses, along the banks of the Rio Yaqui (Yaqui River). One of the most important features of their homes were the ramadas, or hekka, which were porches open on three sides.
The Yaqui Arizona Diaspora - Indigenous Mexico
2024年7月24日 · The Yaqui Legacy. Today, there are tens of thousands of Yaquis living in both countries. There are about 20,000 Yaqui speakers in Mexico while there are around 1,000 speakers in Arizona. Outside of their traditional home state of Sonora and Arizona there are contemporary communities present in the two Mexican states of Baja California.
Pascua Yaqui Tribe - Wikipedia
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona [1] is a federally recognized tribe of Yaqui Native Americans in the state of Arizona. Descended from the Yaqui people whose original homelands include the Yaqui River valley in western Sonora, Mexico [ 2 ] and southern Arizona, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe sought refuge from the Mexican government en masse prior to ...
Rio Yaqui—The Hiak Vatwe: The Transformation of a Cultural …
For Yaqui people, the Yaqui River, or what is known traditionally as the Hiak Vatwe, is a landscape that reflects a deeply rooted cultural and spiritual connection that explains the origins of life, social values, and the intricacies that shape Yaqui identity.
Yaqui Homeland and Homeplace - UAPress
Yaquis live in a portion of their ancestral homeland in Sonora, about 250 miles south of the Arizona border. A long history of displacement and ethnic struggle continues to shape the Yaqui sense of self, as Erickson discovered during the sixteen months that she lived in Potam, one of the eight historic Yaqui pueblos.
Yaqui Homeland and Homeplace: The Everyday Production of …
In this illuminating book, anthropologist Kirstin Erickson explains how members of the Yaqui tribe, an indigenous group in northern Mexico, construct, negotiate, and continually reimagine their ethnic identity. She examines two interconnected dimensions of the Yaqui ethnic imagination: the simultaneous processes of place making and ...
Yaqui Homeland and Homeplace: The Everyday Production of …
2009年7月31日 · This omission aside, Yaqui Homeland and Homeplace makes many important contributions to the literature on gender and ethnic relations in Mexico. It presents a powerful and thoroughly engaging overview of Yaqui history, daily life, and cultural resilience.