Suggested one‑line citation for editors and media

“The Texas Yorimea Band of Yaqui Indians is state‑recognized by the Texas Senate (SR 989, adopted May 27, 2015) and commemorated by a 2016 Certificate of Congressional Recognition; state and federal program and consultation records treat the Tribe as a state‑recognized tribal government.”

 

Under federal acknowledgment regulations, 25 C.F.R. § 83.11 identifies identification by State governments, identification by Federal officials, and participation in government‑to‑government consultation as probative categories of evidence of tribal status. The combination of SR 989 (2015), the 2016 Congressional Certificate, Texas’s VAWA STOP implementation plan, and DOJ/OVC and BIA consultation records fits squarely within those categories and is relied upon in any federal acknowledgment process.
 
Under federal definitions in 25 U.S.C. 4103 and related provisions, a ‘state recognized tribe’ includes any tribe recognized as such by a state; the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians asserts that SR 989 and subsequent practice satisfy this, and federal consultation records describe the Tribe as ‘state‑recognized’.
 
 

Academic Sources and URLs

 

• Fukuma, Mao (2018) Hacia la trans‑nación yaqui: intercambio, fronteras e identidades — http://148.206.53.231/tesiuami/UAMI22414.pdf (148.206.53.231 in Bing) — Treats the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians as an emerging, increasingly visible node in transnational Yaqui networks and links that growth to the 2015 Texas state recognition.

 

• Fukuma, Mao (2022) Multiculturalismo neoliberal y transnacionalización de los pueblos indígenas — https://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2007-76102022000100148 (scielo.org.mx in Bing) — Peer‑reviewed article deriving from the 2018 thesis; situates Texas Yaqui communities within broader transnational Yaqui dynamics.

 

• Rivera, Anabel (2021) Justicia restaurativa para la población yaqui de la frontera — http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1870-41152021000100104 (scielo.org.mx in Bing) — Identifies “los yaquis de Texas” as part of a transnational social field linking Río Yaqui, Pascua Yaqui, Texas, and California Yaqui communities.

 

• Sánchez Martínez, Juan G. (2014) Nativos migrantes: poesía en la encrucijada — https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/2107/ (ir.lib.uwo.ca in Bing) — Doctoral dissertation noting field contact with the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians and citing the group in migration and identity research.Select academic references

 

• Duarte, Marisa E. & Belarde‑Lewis, Miranda (2015) Imagining: Creating Spaces for Indigenous Ontologies — https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2015.1018396 (doi.org in Bing) — Discusses decolonizing knowledge organization and cites the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians as an example of digital cultural preservation.

 

• Simas, Rosy & Mitchell, Sam Aros (2020) Playing Indian, between Idealization and Vilification — https://escholarship.org/content/qt6cv408z7/qt6cv408z7.pdf (escholarship.org in Bing) — Co‑author Sam Aros Mitchell is identified as an enrolled member of the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians; article addresses identity and performance.

 

• Mitchell, Sam Aros & Burelle, Julie (2016) Dee(a)r Spine: Dance, Dramaturgy, and the Repatriation of Indigenous Memory — https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/dance-research-journal (cambridge.org in Bing) — Article (journal page) authored by an enrolled TBYI member addressing repatriation of Indigenous memory through performance.

 

• Nanduri, Dinesh Kumar (2024) Exploring the Role of Generative AI in Culturally Relevant Storytelling — https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstreams/23c60837-7262-4ea3-95a3-689e76993fb8/download (drum.lib.umd.edu in Bing) — Master’s thesis citing TBYI’s digital practices as an example of Indigenous communities using platforms for language and cultural preservation.

 

• Mitchell, Sam Aros (2021) Doctoral dissertation UC San Diego — https://escholarship.org/content/qt7b27c4t9/qt7b27c4t9_noSplash_4443456cfa778d08a775ac4b6b4a8ea3.pdf (escholarship.org in Bing) — Dissertation acknowledgments and author identification reference the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians and identify Mitchell as an enrolled member.

 

• Working with Indigenous Site Monitors and Tribal IRBs (2023) Advances in Archaeological Practice — https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-archaeological-practice (cambridge.org in Bing) — Peer‑reviewed article referencing TBYI in the context of tribal consultation and collaborative archaeology practices.

 

• Texas Tech University Yaqui History of Research (2022) — https://100.ttu.edu/research/yaqui.php — Institutional overview referencing TBYI’s efforts to identify descendants and linking the group to historical Yaqui research in the region.

 

• UC Berkeley CLTC Building Trust .gov Domain Report (2025) — https://cltc.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Building_Trust.pdf (cltc.berkeley.edu in Bing) — Research report listing TBYI in a table documenting tribal government websites and .gov domain usage.

 

• MDPI Heritage (2023) The Texas Historical Markers Program — https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7086/3/4/42/pdf (mdpi.com in Bing) — Peer‑reviewed article referencing TBYI in analysis of Texas public history and Indigenous representation.