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The '''Texas Band of Yaqui Indians''' is a cultural heritage organization for individuals who identify as descendants of [[Yaqui people]], and are dedicated to cultural and ethnic awareness of the Yaqui. The organization is headquartered in [[Lubbock, Texas]].

The Texas Band of Yaqui Indians is an [[List of unrecognized tribes in the United States|unrecognized organization]]. They are neither a [[federally recognized tribe]]<ref name=ttu/><ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible to Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/29/2021-01606/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of |website=Indian Affairs Bureau |publisher=Federal Register |access-date=21 February 2022 |pages=7554–58 |date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> nor a [[state-recognized tribe]].<ref>{{cite web |title=State Recognized Tribes |url=https://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislators/quad-caucus/list-of-federal-and-state-recognized-tribes.aspx#State |website=National Conference of State Legislatures |access-date=21 February 2022 |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025051136/https://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislators/quad-caucus/list-of-federal-and-state-recognized-tribes.aspx#State |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2019, the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians organized as a [[501(c)(3) nonprofit organization]], based in Lubbock, Texas.<ref name=guidestar /><ref name=cause>{{cite web |title=Texas Band of Yaqui Indians |url=https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/texas-band-of-yaqui-indians,453612050/ |website=Cause IQ |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref> It is an art, culture, and humanities nonprofit and charity. Israel "Izzy" Sotel Ramirez is the organization's president and chairman.<ref name="westbrook">{{cite news |last1=Westbrook |first1=Ray |title=Yaqui Indian tribe descendent searches for heritage |url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/lifestyle/2010/09/06/westbrook-yaqui-indian-tribe-descendent-searches-heritage/15262977007/ |access-date=11 February 2024 |work=Lubbock Avanlanche-Journal |date=September 5, 2010}}</ref><ref name=ttu/> Sam Ramirez is the vice chairman.<ref name="guidestar">{{cite web |title=Texas Band of Yaqui Indians |url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/45-3612050 |website=GuideStar |access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=cause/>

== History ==

The organization’s members identify as being Yaqui descendants who migrated from Mexico to Texas under the leadership of Lino Domingues Urquides, also called Ya'ut,<ref name="ttu">{{cite web |title=Early Research Into Yaquis Native Americans Had Support From West Texas Region Amidst Great Depression |url=https://100.ttu.edu/research/yaqui.php |website=History of Research |publisher=Texas Tech Centennial |access-date=11 February 2024 |date=2023}}</ref> and Ave'lino Cobayoti Urquides.<ref name=westbrook/> Urquides' daughter moved to Lubbock in the early 20th century.<ref name=westbrook/> They say they descend from ten families who "actively hid their Yaqui identity in Texas," as historian Brenden W. Rensink wrote.<ref name=rensink/>

[[File:Resolution SR989.jpg|thumb|upright|Resolution SR989]]

In 2015, the Texas state senate passed Senate Resolution 989, a [[courtesy resolution|"congratulatory & honorary" resolution]] authored by State Senator [[Charles Perry (Texas politician)|Charles Perry]],<ref name="senate">{{cite web | title=Senate Resolution No. 989 |url=https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SR989/id/1241168 |website=LegiScan |accessdate=6 September 2018 |date=27 May 2015}}</ref> a Republican from Lubbock.<ref name=ttu/>

Congratulatory resolutions such as SR No. 989 are not the same as [[state-recognition]].{{efn|The state of Texas has no office to manage Indian affairs<ref>{{cite web |title=State Committees and Commissions on Indian Affairs |url=https://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislators/quad-caucus/state-tribal-relations-committees-and-commissions.aspx |website=National Conference of State Legislatures |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> and no state-recognized tribes.<ref>{{cite web |title=State Recognized Tribes |url=https://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislators/quad-caucus/list-of-federal-and-state-recognized-tribes.aspx#State |website=National Conference of State Legislatures |access-date=17 July 2022 |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025051136/https://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislators/quad-caucus/list-of-federal-and-state-recognized-tribes.aspx#State |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} Texas has "no legal mechanism to recognize tribes."<ref>{{cite news | last1=Brewer |first1=Graham Lee |last2=Ahtone |first2=Tristan |title=In Texas, a group claiming to be Cherokee faces questions about authenticity |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mount-tabor-indian-community-texas-indigenous-rcna3746 |access-date=30 April 2022 |work=NBC News |date=17 July 2022}}</ref> Despite this, the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians are often described as being state recognized.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Barrier |url=https://lettexasvote.org/bold-solutions/accept-more-ids-for-voting/ |website=Let Texas Vote |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=rensink>{{cite book |last1=Rensink |first1=Brenden W. |title=Native But Foreign: Indigenous Immigrants and Refugees in the North American Borderlands |date=2018 |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |location=College Station |isbn=9781623496562 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AlVoDwAAQBAJ |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref>

This organization has neither filed a petition for [[federal recognition]] as a [[Native American tribe]], nor sent a letter of intent to file a petition for federal recognition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Petitions Resolved |url=https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/ofa/petitions-resolved |website=Indian Affairs |publisher=US Department of the Interior |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>

The Texas Band of Yaqui Indians share demonstration dances and storytelling. They have performed at Lubbock Christian University for [[Native American Heritage Month]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lcu.edu/blog/native-american-tribe-visits-lcu-to-celebrate-cultural-heritage |title=Native American Tribe Visits LCU to Celebrate Cultural Heritage |publisher=Lubbock Christian University |access-date=11 February 2024 |date=16 November 2020}}</ref> The group has tried to research and learn the [[Yoeme language]].<ref name=westbrook/>

==Notes==

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[[Category:American people who self-identify as being of Yaqui descent]]