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Definition: Yaqui from Collins English Dictionary

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1 a river in NW Mexico, rising near the border with the US and flowing south to the Gulf of California. Length: about 676 km (420 miles)


Yaqui

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Member of an American Indian people living near the Yaqui River in Sonora, Mexico; many migrated into Arizona from 1887 to escape political persecution. Their language belongs to the Cahitan branch of the Uto-Aztecan family. They were highly productive farmers, and produced cotton goods and basketry. Trade became important after the arrival of the Spanish. Despite contact with white people from the 16th century, and mass deportations to southern Mexico in 1907, they are the only American Indians who have never been entirely subdued. They now live mainly in Sonora and on reservations in Arizona, numbering an estimated 23,000 in Mexico, and some 15,200 (2000) in the USA. The Yaqui originally lived in small settlements of flat-roofed houses made from adobe (sun-dried clay), or reeds and mud. Maize (corn), squash, beans, and cotton were grown along the Yaqui River, which flooded once a year and provided irrigation. Their diet was supplemented by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants…
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Full text Article YAQUI

From Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures Full text Article The Americas
A Native North American nation of southwest Arizona and northern Mexico. The Yaqui were sedentary farmers, hunters, gatherers and later herders, who spoke an Uto-Aztecan language. They are noted as the only Native American nation to have had constant contact with whites, and yet never to have been…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Member of an American Indian people living near the Yaqui River in Sonora, Mexico; many migrated into Arizona from 1887 to escape political persecution. Their language belongs to the Cahitan branch of the Uto-Aztecan family. They were highly productive farmers, and produced cotton goods and…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(yä' kē), people of Sonora, Mexico, settled principally along the Yaqui river. Their language is of Uto-Aztecan stock. They engage in weaving and agriculture; many work in the cotton regions of Sonora and S Arizona. The Yaqui have proved to be warlike and have opposed encroachments on their lands. …
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Current Locations: Arizona; Mexico Language Family: Uto-Aztecan The Yaqui are indigenous to present-day Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Prior to Spanish contact, the Yaqui had a vast territory where they farmed along rivers, gathered desert foods, and hunted small game. Starting in 1617, the…
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Full text Article Río Yaqui

From Field Guide to Rivers of North America Full text Article Rivers of Mexico
Río Yaqui
Relief: 2520 m Basin area: 73,000 km 2 Mean discharge: 78.5 m 3 /s Mean annual precipitation: 48 cm Mean air temperature: 18.4°C Mean water temperature: 18.0°C No. of fish species: 107 No. of endangered species: 7 Sierra Madre Occidental (SO), Basin and Range (BR), Buried Ranges (BU) Yaqui trout, …
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
American Indian people living in southern Sonora state on the west coast of Mexico. They were settled agriculturalists who offered stubborn resistance to the first Spanish invaders and only gradually came under mission influence. In the 19th century they fought against Mexican encroachment on their…
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Full text Article Easter (Yaqui Indians)

From Cultural Studies: Holidays Around the World
Although they were originally Mexican, the Yaqui Indians resettled in Arizona, and most of them now live near Tucson or Phoenix. During HOLY WEEK they perform a series of dances and pageants that combine Christian, Native American, and Spanish customs. They act out their own version of the biblical…
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From The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language
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From The Macquarie Dictionary
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From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary
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