Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Opata (Spanish: Ópata, /ˈopata/) are an Indigenous people in Mexico. Opata territory, the "Opatería" in Spanish, encompasses the mountainous northeast and central part of the state of Sonora, extending to near the border with the United States. Historically, they included several subtribes, including the Eudeve, Teguima, and Jova peoples.
American people of Opata descent (1 P) Pages in category "Opata" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Opata may refer to: Opata people, an ethnic group of Mexico; Opata language, their language; Aleš Opata, Czeck military officer; Zoltán Opata, Hungarian football ...
This page was last edited on 16 October 2024, at 23:27 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
In a 1993 survey by the Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 15 people in the Mexican Federal District self-identified as speakers of Ópata. [2] This may not mean, however, that the language was actually living, since linguistic nomenclature in Mexico is notoriously fuzzy. Sometimes Eudeve is called Opata, a term which should be restricted to Teguima.
He is said to have promised the Yaqui people compensation for their losses but by 1920, when the main phase of the war ended, the promises were forgotten. By 1916, Mexican generals, such as Álvaro Obregón, began establishing estates on Yaqui land during the revolution and this led to renewed hostilities between the natives and the military. [13]
People of the Earth (5,000 BC): Plains and Basins region. People of the Owl (1,500 BC): The Poverty Point semi-urban culture in the lower Mississippi Valley. People of the Lakes (100 AD): The journey of a band of Hopewell Indians across the Great Lakes. People of the Song Trail (980 AD): The first contact between Native Americans and Vikings.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate