Yaqui people

The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme people, are an ethnic group in Mexico who speak the Yaqui language, an Uto-Aztecan language. In the past, the Yaqui people lived on agriculture, growing beans, corn and squash (like many of the Indigenous peoples of the area). The Yaqui Native Mexicans who lived in the Río Yaqui region and in coastal areas of Sonora and Sinaloa fished as well as farmed. The Yaqui people also made cotton products. The Yaqui Native Mexicans have always been skillful warriors. The Yaqui Indians have been historically described as quite tall in stature. Yaqui men have an average height of 5 feet 10.866 inches (180.34 cm) and Yaqui women have an average height of 5 feet 6.535 inches (168.91 cm).

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