Yaqui leader Cajeme

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Yaqui leader Cajeme was a prominent 19th-century indigenous chief in Mexico who led armed resistance against the Mexican government to defend Yaqui land and autonomy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Yaqui leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
indigenous leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs José María Leyva ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by firing squad ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
conflict Yaqui Wars ⓘ
armed resistance against the Mexican government ⓘ
countryOfActivity Mexico ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Mexico ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1835 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1887 ⓘ
ethnicity Yaqui ⓘ
ethnoPoliticalIdentity Yaqui nationalist leader ⓘ
goal defense of Yaqui communal lands ⓘ
preservation of Yaqui autonomy ⓘ
resistance to land dispossession ⓘ
historicalSignificance key figure in indigenous struggles in northern Mexico ⓘ
symbol of Yaqui resistance ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
Yaqui ⓘ
movement Yaqui resistance movement ⓘ
linked to: Yaqui Wars
name Cajeme ⓘ
notableFor defending Yaqui land and autonomy ⓘ
leading Yaqui resistance against the Mexican government ⓘ
occupation military leader ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
opponent Mexican federal government ⓘ
Porfirian authorities ⓘ
state government of Sonora ⓘ
placeOfActivity Río Yaqui region ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pótam ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
Yaqui territory ⓘ
placeOfDeath Guaymas ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
positionHeld Yaqui chief ⓘ
Yaqui governor ⓘ
regionRepresented Yaqui River valley ⓘ
linked to: Yaqui Valley
resisted military campaigns of the Mexican state in Sonora ⓘ
policies of forced assimilation and displacement of the Yaqui people ⓘ

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Cajeme → namedAfter → Yaqui leader Cajeme ⓘ