Yoeme

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Yoeme is the self-designation used by the Yaqui people, an Indigenous group primarily from the Sonoran Desert region of Mexico and the southwestern United States.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yoeme canonical 7
Yo’eme 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnonym
self-designation
associatedWith Indigenous peoples of Mexico
Indigenous peoples of the Southwestern United States
Yaqui culture
Yaqui language
culturalRegion Uto-Aztecan cultural area
ethnicGroupCountry Mexico
United States
ethnicGroupPrimaryRegionUS Southwestern United States
ethnicGroupPrimaryState Sonora
ethnicGroupRegion Sonoran Desert
historicalConflictWith Mexican government in the 19th and early 20th centuries
knownFor Pascua Yaqui communities in Arizona
deer dance ceremonies
languageOfOrigin Yaqui language
meaning the people
peopleAlsoCalled Yaqui
populationDistribution Arizona, United States
linked to: Arizona

Sonora, Mexico
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Sonora
Native American tribe in the United States
refersTo Yaqui people
relatedEthnonym Hiaki
religiousTraditions syncretic Catholic and Indigenous beliefs
selfDesignationOf Indigenous group
traditionalEconomy agriculture and riverine subsistence
traditionalTerritory Rio Yaqui valley
linked to: Yaqui Valley
tribalGovernmentUS Pascua Yaqui Tribe
usedBy Yaqui people

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yaqui nativeName Yoeme
Yaqui language nativeName Yoeme
Yaqui people hasAutonym Yoeme
Yoemem alsoCalled Yoeme
Yoemem alsoCalled Yo’eme
linked to: Yoeme