Yaqui

The Yaqui were sedentary hunter/farmers. Aboriginally, they lived on the Rio Yaqui in Sonora, Mexico. They were late refugees to the United States from the Mexican Revolution. Many later returned to their homeland.

Arizona Present Locations

AZ Barrio Libre, Tucson

Guadalupe, Phoenix

Marana, Tucson

Old Pasqua, Tucson

Pasqua Yaqui Tribe, Tucson http://www.pascuayaqui-nsn.gov/index.shtml

MX Yaqui, Altar, Sonora

Year	*History*
1533	First contact with slaving Spaniards in Rio Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico, large numbers killed in battle
1608	Beginning of three years of Spanish attacks
1684	Silver discovered in Yaqui territory, Spanish encroachments began
1740	Yaqui allied with Mayo tribe in protracted war with Spanish, and later the Mexicans
1833	Chief Juan Banderas executed by Mexicans
1868	120 Yaquis massacred in a church by Mexicans
1884	Began moving to Arizona (3,000 refugees)
1890	Old Guadalupe settled
1897	Peace treaty signed between Yaquis and Mexico
1910	Guadalupe settled on 40 acres, many others returned to Mexico
1964	Federal Government deeded 202 acres to "Pasqua Yaqui Association"
1994	Yaquis given "Historical Status" under federal legislation

Year	U.S. Population	Source
1700	0	NAHDB calculation
1800	0	NAHDB calculation
1900	3,500	NAHDB calculation
1947	2,800	Spicer
1981	5,400	Valenzuela
2000	6,500	NAHDB calculation

Yaqui Sites:

Casino del Sol http://www.casinodelsol.com/about/history/index.shtml

Casino of the Sun http://www.casinosun.com/

Celebrating Their Culture ... http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues03/Co11012003/CO_11012003_Byte_Byte.htm

Death Resolution: Anselmo Valencia Tori http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/43leg/2r/laws/hr2004.htm

Great Yaqui People http://www.manataka.org/page58.html

Hartman, Terry, Yaqui, Impressionist http://www.msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/Gallery/Trophies/tuka.htm

Pasqua Yaqui Indian People, Legal Status http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/25/chapters/14/subchapters/lxxvii/toc.html

Pasqua Yaqui Tribe http://www.itcaonline.com/tribes_pascua.html

Pasqua Yaqui Tribe http://www.arizonan.com/Indianlands/PascuaYaqui.html

Tribal Approach to Language ... http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/TIL_2.html

Yaqui http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/mesoamerica/yaqui.html

Yaqui http://www.bigeye.com/sexeducation/yaqui.html

Yaqui and Mayo Easter Ceremonies http://www.rimjournal.com/arizyson/easter.htm

Yaqui Ceramic Manufacturing Business http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/9900/May22_00/10.htm

Yaqui History http://www.manataka.org/page129.html

Yaqui Indian Reservation http://www.sidecanyon.com/attraction/arizt.htm

Yaqui Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=YAQ

Yaqui Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=YAQ

Yaqui Literature http://www.indigenouspeople.net/yaqui.htm

Yaqui / Native Americans / Cotton Pickers http://gallery.unl.edu/picinfo/13527.html

Yaqui Newspaper Project http://www.redinkmagazine.com/yaqui.html

Yaqui Pearling Stories http://www.perlas.com.mx/Ingles/Yaquination.htm

Yaqui's Old Pasqua Village ... http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/projects/ctt01/old_pasqua.html

Yaqui Vocabulary http://www.native-languages.org/yaqui_words.htm

*Ethnie:*	YAQUI
*Language:*	Yaqui
*Family:*	Cahitian
*Stock:*	Uto-Aztecan
*Phylum:*	Aztec-Tanoan
*Macro-Culture:*	Southwestern