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// Elders Need to Tell Life Stories to Gain Perspective and Sense of Legacy.   Never in my wildest dreams would I have survived what they went through

// How do we know our history: 

Artist:  NOS

 

Title:  Victorio Verdugo

 

Comments:  Family History of the Verdugo's in New Mexico, Arizona, California and Mexico Associated Families  With  Victorio Verdugo (1795-1832) and his wife,  (1799-1850) we find a family with many relationships to the old California families, whether through blood, marriage or other affiliation.

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Artist: Verdugo

 

Title: Lucio Hernandez

 

Comments:  The hanging of Lucio Hernandez and family history

 the escape from the Yaqui genocide encampment

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Artist: The LA Herald

 

Title:  Yaqui prisoners of Guaymas

 

Comments: Yaqui woman and children in prison yard at Guaymas, Ready for Deportation to Yucatan

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Artist:  

 

Title:  Old Skeletons 

 

Comments:

Mexico Yaqui remains returned from New York museum for burial

 

Artist:  NOS

 

Title:  THE YAQUI INDIANS 

 

Comments:  

San Marcos Station:

Silent witness to the enslavement and attempted genocide 

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Only a pure heart will be able to feel the beauty of what the Ancestors have spoken.

Artist: no

 

Title:  Voolo-Hiaki Wedding Ceremony

 

Comments:  This is a description of a Yaqui Indian Wedding Ceremony.

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Artist:  In Texas

 

Title:  The Settlement

 

Comments:

The Yaqui or Yoeme are Native Americans who inhabit the valley of the Río Yaqui in the Mexican state of Sonora and the Southwestern United States, they also have small settlements in Sinaloa, Chihuahua, and Durango.

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Artist:  NOS

 

Title:  The curse

 

Comments:

Abused and demolished, one tribe stands out and will be the focus of this site

 

Artist: no

 

Title:  "EXILED"

 

Comments:

 Ancestry and to begin a new life away from the cultural genocides of mexico. Our Yaqui Indian Ancestors were Mountain Yaqui Warriors at war with the "yorim" (Mexicans) and were ruthless fighters and protectors of the "Hiakim" the Yaqui Homelands. The Texas Band of Yaqui Indians continue to exist as a Group "Openly" by preserving our culture by means of Language preservation and Traditions with the founded "Texas Yaqui Bow Leaders Coyote Society" based now out of Lubbock Texas. 

 

 

Artist: Yaqui 

 

Title: Yaqui Genocide

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Comments:

Yaquis, the story of a popular struggle and a Mexican genocide (English Subs) - HD Documentary

 

 

Artist: American History

 

Title: The Law of the land

 

Comments:

“Damn any man who sympathizes with Indians. I have come to kill Indians, and believe it is right and honorable to use any means under God’s Heaven to kill them.” - Colonel John Chivington

 

 

Artist: dv

 

Title: Killing Yaqui

10th Cavalry soldiers

 

Comments:

Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United .... One soldier was killed and two wounded in gun battles with locals. ... Arizona which occurred in 1918 between U.S. cavalry and Yaqui natives.

 

 

Artist: Actual Indian footage

 

Title:  September 24 1894

 

Comments:

Amazing, rare and heartfelt tribute to Native American tribes. Footage dating back to 1895, with rare vintage audio recording of Native American music. 

 

 

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