When the Jesuits brought Catholicism to the Yaqui in the early 17th Century, the Native American tribe already had a long history of trading and warring. Some of their family names –which mean “snow” ...

In the Mayo and Yaqui communities, Pascola ritual dancers wear wooden masks during traditional ceremonies. Starting Saturday, Oct. 26, those masks, which hold deep ritual significance, will be the ...

When Toni Campoy’s son became sick, the Guadalupe resident’s mother made a promise to God: Make her grandson well again, and the boy would give three years to the Yaqui Lent and Easter Celebration.

Reporting from Guadalupe, Ariz — The entrance to the town that time passed by is marked by brake lights. The speed limit is 20 mph, about half what it is on the surrounding streets of Phoenix and ...