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The Yaqui people fought for centuries against Spanish missionaries, miners, slave-traders, and the iron-fisted, anti-Indigenous rule of the Mexican government in the latter part of the 19th Century. Once the dominant culture in what is now Sonora, Yaqui populations were eventually diminished from conflict, disease, and even deportation out of their homelands. They eventually won back a significant portion of their traditional homeland in 1930. We recognize the Yaqui people on the anniversary of a significant battle alongside Mexican revolutionaries against both Mexican and American forces.
GUESTS
Dr. Anabel Galindo (Yaqui descendant), assistant professor at Northern Arizona University
Robert Valencia (Pasqua Yaqui), former chairman and vice chairman Pascua Yaqui Tribe chairman and adjunct history faculty at Pima College
Break 1 Music: Deer Dance (song) Tosay Hwilit [White Bird] & Taciovakok [a Herb] (artist) Yaqui Ritual and Festive Music by Musicians & Singers from Old Paschua Village, Tucson & Rio Yaqui, Sonora (album)
Break 2 Music: Our Mother the Earth [Feat. Dr. Duke Redbird] (song) Sultans of String (artist)
