El río Yaqui como elemento aglutinador y articulador de una cultura

Abstract

In this article, the authors, based on the recognition of certain physical referents as powerful evocators of memory and forgers of identity, have the purpose of revealing the historical and social meaning that the Yaqui River has for the Yaqui people. The article raises the possibility that since prehispanic times, the Yaqui people were the main cultural usufructuary of this hydrological basin, although it provides other types of benefits for other societies. Its layout and flow in semi-desert land, but above all its setting in a space where it meets the Sierra and the Ocho Pueblos, make the Yaqui River an essential element of subsistence (and resistance), which, by being generous and faithful, has been endowed with meanings that endorse the past, give meaning to the present and project themselves into the future of this indigenous people.