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Native Peoples of the Sonoran Desert: The Yoeme
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The Yoeme (Yaqui) originated in southern Sonora near the Yaqui River. They traveled widely and probably came to the Santa Cruz Valley well before the arrival of the Spaniards. With the arrival of the Spanish, however, the Yaqui recognized opportunities to work as freighters, cowboys, and miners and came to this area in large numbers. They were often placed in positions of leadership within mission communities.
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Women were key facilitators, both symbolically and literally, in political negotiations and diplomacy between O'odham and Yoeme communities and European missionaries. See how missionaries used female symbolism to get them through the doors of O'odham diplomacy and the roles that women played in the unfolding of colonization.
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Tumacácori - Fiesta Grounds
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Each year, the Tumacácori Fiesta brings together people from all the cultures of the Santa Cruz Valley for two days of celebration. Each culture traditional to Tumacácori is represented in music and dance.
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Tumacácori - Cooking Ramada
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After hundreds of years of mixing, marrying, creating new families, and blending traditions, a new people emerged: the mestizaje of Mexico. Flavors like chiles, carne asada, and tortillas reflect this mixing of origins. Sharing traditional foods—made fresh in kitchens such as this one—connects us to each other and to our shared heritage.
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Tumacácori Mission - Community Plaza
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Standing here, perhaps you can visualize life at Mission San José de Tumacácori. To the left of the trail is a mound that runs from the visitor center museum to the front of the church. Beneath this mound are the foundations of the residents' adobe houses.
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Who were the original inhabitants of the Sonoran desert and how did they adapt to the world-changing arrival of Spanish colonists?
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Jesuit Church Footprint
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The community used this small church under the guidance of Jesuit priests for ten years, until the Jesuits were expelled in July 1767. Father Custodio Ximeno was the last Jesuit to serve at Guevavi and Tumacácori. He performed his last service here on June 14, 1767, just six weeks before his arrest at Guevavi and his subsequent exile.
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Tumacácori Church - Sacristy
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Priests kept the clothing and articles used in the performance of their duties here. In the sacristy they documented and stored the records of important events, signing their names as witness to marriages, births, and deaths.
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Tumacácori Church - Sanctuary
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Ascending the steps leading up out of the nave, one enters the sanctuary, still adorned with remnants of its original paints, picture frames, and extensive stenciling. Here the priest, dressed in his bright-colored vestments, celebrated the Mass.
Geologic Resources Division
Jökulhlaups
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Jökulhlaups (an Icelandic word pronounced yo-KOOL-lahp) are glacial outburst floods. They occur when a lake fed by glacial meltwater breaches its dam and drains catastrophically.