Book Excerpts — A curated collection of selected passages from books and publications that document how Yaqui people, histories, cultures, and identities have been described by outsiders. The excerpts provide an entry point for those new to these resources, offering insight into the writing styles, perspectives, and content found within them.
They invite reflection on who has recorded our histories, whose perspectives have been preserved, and how these narratives shape our understanding of Yaqui people.
YAQUI INDIGENEITY: Epistemology, Diaspora, and the Construction of Yoeme Identity
Author: Ariel Zatarain Tumbaga
The first book-length study of the representation of the Yaqui nation in literature, Yaqui Indigeneity examines the transborder Yaqui nation as interpreted through the Mexican and Chicana/o imaginary.
Ariel Zatarain Tumbaga identifies a community of Chicano-Yaqui authors whose writings reclaim their own Native identities and challenge Mexican and Chicana/o views of indigeneity.
Using indigenous forms of knowledge, Tumbaga shows the important and growing body of literary work on Yaqui culture and history that demonstrates the historical and contemporary importance of the Yaqui nation in Mexican and Chicana/o history, politics, and culture.
