Pascua Yaqui Indians Tribe, based in Tucson, Arizona, is the only federally recognized Yaqui Indians tribe in the United States.
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Pascua Yaqui Indians Tribe, based in Tucson, Arizona, is the only federally recognized Yaqui Indians tribe in the United States.
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Yaqui Indians call themselves Hiaki or Yoeme, the Yaqui Indians word for person .
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The Yaqui Indians call their homeland Hiakim, from which some say the name "Yaqui Indians" is derived.
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Yaqui Indians is a tonal language, with a tonal accent on either the first or the second syllable of the word.
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Some Yaqui Indians lived near the mouth of the river and lived off of the resources of the sea.
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Yaqui Indians lived in a mutually advantageous relationship with the Jesuits for 120 years.
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The Jesuit rule over the Yaqui Indians was stern but the Yaqui Indians retained their land and their unity as a people.
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Yaqui Indians prospered and the missionaries were allowed to extend their activities further north.
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The Jesuit success was facilitated by the fact that the nearest Spanish settlement was 100 miles away and the Yaqui Indians were able to avoid interaction with Spanish settlers, soldiers and miners.
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The Jesuits persuaded the Yaqui Indians to settle into eight towns: Bacum, Benem, Cocorit, Huirivis, Potam, Rahum, Torim, and Vicam.
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An uneasy peace between the Spaniards and the Yaqui Indians endured for many years after the revolt, with the Yaqui Indians maintaining their tight-knit organization and most of their independence from Spanish and, after 1821, Mexican rule.
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Yaqui Indians supported the French during the brief reign of Maximilian I of Mexico in the 1860s.
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Under the leadership of Jose Maria Leyva, known as Cajeme, the Yaqui Indians continued the struggle to maintain their independence until 1887, when Cajeme was caught and executed.
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Yaqui Indians were impoverished by a new series of wars as the Mexican government adopted a policy of confiscation and distribution of Yaqui Indians lands.
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Many Yaqui Indians were sold at 60 pesos a head to the owners of sugar cane plantations in Oaxaca and the tobacco planters of the Valle Nacional, while thousands more were sold to the henequen plantation owners of the Yucatan.
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Yaqui Indians women were allowed to marry only non-native Chinese workers.
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The Yaqui Indians have been historically described as quite tall in stature.
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Traditionally, a Yaqui Indians house consisted of three rectangular sections: the bedroom, the kitchen, and a living room, called the "portal".
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Much Yaqui Indians ritual is centered upon perfecting these worlds and eliminating the harm that has been done to them, especially by people.
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Many Yaqui Indians have combined such ideas with their practice of Catholicism, and believe that the existence of the world depends on their annual performance of the Lenten and Easter rituals.
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Yaqui Indians religion, which is a syncretic religion of old Yaqui Indians beliefs and practices, and the Christian teachings of Jesuit missionaries, relies upon song, music, prayer, and dancing, all performed by designated members of the community.
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Under Valencia and Raymond Ybarra, the Pascua Yaqui Indians Association developed homes and other infrastructure at the site.
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The Pascua Yaqui Indians Tribe was the last Tribe recognized prior to the BIA Federal Acknowledgement Process established in 1978.
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