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Yaqui
Indigenous group in Mexico and the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
![]() Yaqui Musicians at the Yaqui Dance of the Deer, II Festival of Indigenous Cultures, 2015 | |
Total population | |
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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 | |
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Person | Hiaki / Yoeme |
People | Yaqui / Yoemem |
Language | Yoem Noki |
Country | Hiakim |
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.