Yaqui Wars

Part of the Mexican Indian Wars and the American Indian Wars

Uprising of the Yaqui Indians - Yaqui Warriors in Retreat, by Frederic Remington, 1896.

Date	1533–1929
Location	Sonora, Mexico Arizona, United States
Result	Mexican/United States victory

Belligerents

Crown of Castile
(1533–1716)

Spain
(1716–1821)

Mexico
(1821–1929)

United States (1896-1918)

Yaqui
Yaqui Allies:

Commanders and leaders

Rafael Izábal (WIA)

José Maria Leiva Peres

Juan Maldonado †

Teresa Urrea

Yaqui
Yaqui Allies:

The Yaqui Wars, were a series of armed conflicts between New Spain, and the later Mexican republic, against the Yaqui Native Americans. The period began in 1533 and lasted until 1929. The Yaqui Wars, along with the Caste War against the Maya, were the last conflicts of the centuries long Mexican Indian Wars. Over the course of nearly 400 years, the Spanish and the Mexicans repeatedly launched military campaigns into Yaqui territory which resulted in several serious battles and some infamous massacres.

The cause of the conflicts was like many of the Indian Wars in history, in 1684, the Spanish colonists in the present day Mexican state of Sonora, discovered silver in the Rio Yaqui Valley. Following this, the Spanish gradually began settling on Yaqui land and by 1740, the natives were ready to resist. Some minor conflicts from before dated back to 1533 but in 1740 the Yaquis united their tribe with the neighboring Mayo, Opata, and Pima natives and successfully drove the colonists out by 1742.

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