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by Tel UK- Licensed to fish! on September 16th, 2010

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Who are the Yaqui Indians ?

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  • by iwnit on September 16th, 2010

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    1) "The Yoeme or Yaqui are a Native American tribe who originally lived in the valley of the Río Yaqui in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and throughout the Sonoran Desert region into the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona. The Yaqui call themselves "Yoeme," the Yaqui word for person ("yoemem" or "yo'emem" meaning "people"). The Yaqui call their homeland "Hiakim," from which some say the name "Yaqui" is derived. They may also describe themselves as Haiki Nation or Pascua Hiaki, meaning "The Easter People". Many folk etymologies exist as to how the "Yoeme" came to be known as the "Yaqui""

    "The Yaqui conception of the world is considerably different from that of their Mexican and United States neighbors. For example, the world (in Yaqui, anía) is composed of five separate worlds: the desert wilderness world, the mystical world, the flower world, the dream world, and the night world. Much Yaqui ritual is centered upon perfecting these worlds and eliminating the harm that has been done to them, especially by people. There is a belief current among many Yaquis that the existence of the world depends on the yearly performance of the Lenten and Easter rituals.

    The Yaqui religion (which is a syncretic religion of old Yaqui beliefs and practices and the teachings of Jesuit and later Franciscan missionaries) relies upon song, music, prayer, and dancing, all performed by designated members of the community. There are also other, Roman Catholic, practices that are woven into the old ways.
    The Yaqui deer song (maso bwikam) accompanies the deer dance which is performed by a pascola [from the Spanish 'pascua', Easter] dancer (also known as a deer dancer). Pascolas will perform at religio-social functions many times of the year, but especially during Lent and Easter.

    The Yaqui deer song ritual is in many ways similar to the deer song rituals of neighboring Uto-Aztecan people such as the Mayo. However, the Yaqui deer song is much more central to the cultus of its people and is greatly tied in to Roman Catholic beliefs and practices.
    Flowers are very important in the Yaqui culture. According to Yaqui teachings, flowers sprang up from the drops of blood that were shed at the Crucifixion. Flowers are viewed as the manifestation of souls, to the point that occasionally Yaqui men may greet a close male friend with the phrase "Haisa sewa?" ("How is the flower?)"
    Source and further information:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqui


    2) Although they were at a time considered to have some anthropological value, the works of Carlos Castaneda don't seem to have much more support in academic circles.

    "Don Juan Matus is a major figure in the series of books on Nagual shamanism by Carlos Castaneda. He is described as a Yaqui Indian to whom Castaneda was first introduced at a bus depot in Yuma, Arizona in the early 1960s. The actual existence of don Juan has long been disputed; his practices and beliefs are inconsistent with his alleged identification as a Yaqui shaman"
    Source and further information:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Juan_Matus

    Further information:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Castaneda
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagualism_(Carlos_Castaneda)
    http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/04/12/castaneda

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  • by Spice* free Leonard Peltier. on January 19th, 2012

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    They are actually the Yoeme, it was the Spaniards who label them Yaqui, as in the Pasqua Yaqui Tribe, meaning Easter people. I live very close to that Rez out here, that's where my friends are, we have our ceremonies and lots of good food after. I've attended those easter ceremonies etc.

    The Yaqui's came north to flee the Spanish from the Rio Yaqui area of Sonora Mexico, that's about 400 miles south of the US border, I have spent time down there and up here at New Pasqua cuz I live in Tucson Az. They came north for freedom and are still fighting for it.

    There is a main focus in the tribe today, they are desperately trying to revive the pride and old ways, passing through oral tradition to the youngsters. I am often there, learned alot and I support them whenever I can.

    The Askers Pick above is a Good Article.

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  • by Spice* free Leonard Peltier. on March 5th, 2012

    Spice* free Leonard Peltier.

    Most of my personal friends :)

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  • by aiar on September 16th, 2010

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    Native Americans are the true experts about Indian travels and ways of life. The Yaqui people have used oral traditions to pass their rich history from one generation to the next.

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