Yoemem Fighting the Yoris’ War: Yaqui Participation in the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1915

Authors

• Sebastian Cardenas

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Description

During this presentation, Sebastian Cardenas will share his graduate research on the Indigenous Yaqui people of Sonora and their participation during the 1910 Mexican Revolution between early 1913 and late 1915. Utilizing the University of New Mexico’s archive of government microfilm from the U.S. Department of State as well as secondary sources, his work seeks to highlight how different Yaqui factions took advantage of the conflict in an attempt to achieve their own goals such as reclaiming their ancestral lands through the use of tactics that included forming patronage-based relationships with Mexican revolutionaries such as Sonoran Governor José María Maytorena and future President Álvaro Obregón.

Sebastian Cardenas holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and recently completed his Master of Arts in Latin American Studies from the University of New Mexico. During his time in Albuquerque, he focused his graduate research on Indigeneity in the Americas. His academic work included studying the Huastecan variant of the Nahuatl language with native speakers from the Insitituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnólogica de Zacatecas and conducting archival research on the Yaqui people of Sonora.

To attend in-person to watch the Zoom talk, go to Max Salazar 405 at CNM (900 University Blvd SE)

Publication Date

6-23-2026

City

Albuquerque

Comments

This event is free and open to the public.

Recommended Citation

Cardenas, Sebastian. "Yoemem Fighting the Yoris’ War: Yaqui Participation in the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1915." (2026). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_events/608