 Yaqui Musicians at the Yaqui Dance of the Deer, II Festival of Indigenous Cultures, 2015 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 38,652 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa) | 16,240 (2019)[1][2] |
| United States (Arizona[1]) | 22,412, self-identified (2003)[3] |
| Languages | |
| Yaqui (Yoem Noki),[2] English, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Peyotism, Christianity (Roman Catholicism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Uto-Aztecan-speaking peoples, especially Mayos | |
| Hiaki | |
|---|---|
| Person | Hiaki / Yoeme |
| People | Yaqui / Yoemem |
| Language | Yoem Noki |
| Country | Hiakim |
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]
Some Yaqui fled state violence to settle in Arizona.[1] They formed the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona,[4][1] based in Tucson, Arizona, which is the only federally recognized Yaqui tribe in the United States.[5]
Many Yaqui in Mexico live on reserved land in the state of Sonora. Others live in Sinaloa[2] and other regions, forming neighborhoods in various cities. Individual Yaqui and people of Yaqui descent live elsewhere in Mexico and the United States.
- ^ a b c d e f "Yaquis". Sistema de Información Cultural. Gobierno de México. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Yaqui (Yoem Noki)". Omniglot. April 23, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Yaqui Human Rights Project". James E. Rogers College of Law. University of Arizona. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
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