The Texas Band of Yaqui Indians is a cultural heritage organization for individuals who identify as descendants of

Yaqui people The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are a Native American people of the southwest, who speak a Uto-Aztecan language. Their homelands include the Río Yaqui valley in Sonora, Mexico, and the area below the Gila River in Arizona, Southwestern United St ...

, and are dedicated to cultural and ethnic awareness of the Yaqui. The organization is headquartered in Lubbock, Texas. The Texas Band of Yaqui Indians is an unrecognized organization. They are neither a federally recognized tribe nor a

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Organization

In 2019, the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Lubbock, Texas. It is an art, culture, and humanities nonprofit and charity. As of 2020, Israel Ramirez was the organization's president and chairman. Sam Ramirez is the vice chairman.

Honorary resolution

In 2015, the Texas state senate passed a Senate Resolution 989, a "congratulatory & honorary" resolution authored by State Senator Charles Perry. Congratulatory resolutions such as SR No. 989 are not the same as

state-recognition State-recognized tribes in the United States are organizations that identify as Native American tribes or heritage groups that do not meet the criteria for federally recognized Indian tribes but have been recognized by a process established under ...

. Texas has "no legal mechanism to recognize tribes." This organization has neither filed a petition for

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as a

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, nor sent a letter of intent to file a petition for federal recognition.

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Texas Band of Yaqui Indians

State Resolution SR#989
{{authority control American people of Yaqui descent Cultural organizations based in Texas Non-profit organizations based in Lubbock, Texas 2019 establishments in Texas Unrecognized tribes in the United States