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Contents 1 History 2 Thanks 3 Pancho Villa 4 For discussion 5 Unsustainable Statement removed

[edit] History

Throughout the history of the Yaqui tribe (also known as the Yoeme), they remained independent of the Aztec and Toltec empires, perhaps because of their remote northern locale. They were similarly never conquered by the Spanish, defeating successive expeditions of conquistadores in battle. However, they were converted to Christianity by the Jesuits, who convinced them to settle into eight towns: Pótam, Vícam, Tórim, Bácum, Cóorit, Huirivis, Belem, and Rahum. One of the most populated places where they lived was Belem. For many years, the Yaqui lived peacefully in a good relationship with the Jesuit missionaries. This resulted in a fairly good advantage: the Yaqui were able to develop a very productive economy, and the missionaries were able to employ the wealth created to extend their missionary activities further north. In the 1730s the colonial Mexican government began to alter this relationship and eventually ordered all Jesuits out of Sonora. This caused the Yaqui to start a few rebellions. The Yaqui attempted to form an independent nation separate from Mexico in the 1820s, under the Yaqui leader Juan Banderas (executed 1833) who wanted to unite the Mayo, Opata, and Pima tribes, but the effort failed and the Yaqui remained under rule of Mexican authorities. Their nation suffered a great amount of brutalities by the Mexican authorities, including a notable massacre in 1868 where 150 Yaqui were burned to death by the Mexican army inside a Catholic church. In the past, the Yaqui subsisted on agriculture, growing corn, beans and squash (like many of the natives of the region). They also made cotton products. The Yaqui have always been skillful warriors. During the year of 1833, when Juan Banderas was executed, the loyal Yaqui warriors started a rebellion against the Mexican authorities, killing many Mexican soldiers and losing many Yaqui warriors. The picture on the right shows a Yaqui soldier on a horse. (Notice the rifle on the horses side, under the warrior’s leg.) The Yaqui’s conception of the world is considerably different from that of their Mexican and United States’ neighbors. For example, the world is composed of four separate worlds: the animal world, the world of people, the world of flowers, and the world of death. Many Yaqui rituals are centered upon perfecting these worlds and eliminating the harm that has been done to them, especially by people. There is a belief currently among many Yaquis that the existence of the world depends on the early performance of the Lenten and Easter rituals. “The Yaqui religion (which is a syncretic religion of old Yaqui beliefs and practices and the teachings of Jesuit and later Franciscan missionaries) relies upon song, music, and dancing, all performed by designated members of the community (Wikipedia).” There are also other Catholic practices that are based on the old days.

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[edit] Thanks

Thank you for adding this article to Wikipedia. My great-grandfather was a full-blodded Yaqui Indian, and it's nice to learn more about him and my ancestors. --—Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.26.73.45 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Pancho Villa

My father has always told me that Pancho Villa was of this tribe. Perhaps someone out there is able to verify this???--Amedeo Felix 17:18, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] For discussion

Good faith edit by anon contributor moved for discussion. WBardwin 05:27, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

a famous yaqui sorceror or medicine mans life was cronicled in a book series written by carlos casteneda. In the teachings of don juan matus, a yaqui warrior isnt a warrior in the sence of war but a warrior of knowledge and power. and using 'mescalito" as your teacher or many other natural medecinal teachers such as "devils weed" and of course peyote or mescalito. intrest in the yaqui way of knowledge should be independantly investigated 8 November 2007 71.227.202.216

[edit] Unsustainable Statement removed

In the section on Yaqui cosmology and religion, the follwing sentence seems highly dubious: The Yaqui world view is pure and preserved for 26,000 years..

There are two major problems with this:

1. no other examples exist of complex beliefs, folklore, or other oral traditions being preserved for such a long period. No human languages or cultures anywhere in the world have endured unchanged for even a tenth of it.

2. 26,000 years ago, the Americas were most likely not yet populated. The earliest, halfway undisputed traces of human settlements have been dated to between 16.000 to 21.700 years before present. See the article on the Clovis culture.

I have therefore removed that sentence.

P.S. In all liklihood, Don Juan Matus never existed. The article on Carlos Castaneda explains why. Textor (talk) 01:02, 3 August 2009 (UTC)