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The Yaqui of Mexico were early converts to Christianity in New Spain. Yet they came to be regarded with hostility by the newly emerging Mexican government. Many Yaquis fled Mexico in the early twentieth century and established a settlement in Arizona where they resumed a peaceful existence centered around their ceremonial calendar. Edward Spicer devoted most of his professional career to the study of the Yaquis and came to be regarded as a leading authority on that tribe. At the inception of his forty years of research stands Pascua, a firsthand description of daily village life. ; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as part of the Humanities Open Book Program funded jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES -- I. PASCUA VILLAGE -- The Setting of the Village -- Yaqui Villages in Arizona -- The Population of Pascua -- Material Culture -- History -- Summary -- II. ECONOMICS -- The Means of Subsistence -- The Level of Subsistence -- The Use of Money -- Property -- Economic Aspects of the Fiesta -- Economic Attitudes -- Summary -- III. KINSHIP -- Kinship Terms -- Kinship Behavior -- Marriage -- The Kinship Groups -- Recent Changes in Kinship Behavior -- Summary -- IV. CEREMONIAL SPONSORSHIP -- Terminology -- The Nature of Ceremonial Sponsorship -- The Nature of the Obligations -- The Padrino Group -- The Ideas Underlying Ceremonial Sponsorship -- How the System Works -- Summary -- V. THE CEREMONIAL SOCIETIES -- The Men's Societies -- The Women's Societies Membership in a Ceremonial Society -- The Obligations of Members -- The Obligations of Societies to Members -- The Composition of the Ceremonial Societies -- Summary -- VI. THE CHURCH AND THE PUEBLO -- The Pueblo -- The Church -- Social Control -- Summary -- VII. THE Pascola DANCERS -- Organization of the Activities of the Pasco/as -- Ceremonies in Which Pasco/as Appear -- The Dancers and Their Dance -- Ritual Functions of the Pasco/as -- The Deer-Dancer -- Native Interpretations -- Attitudes toward the Pasco/as. -- Summary -- VIII. THE CEREMONIAL SYSTEM: EVENTS AND PATTERNS -- The Ceremonial Calendar -- Noncalendrical Ceremonies -- The Elements of the Ritual -- Summary -- IX. THE CEREMONIAL SYSTEM: ANCESTORS AND DEITIES -- The Channels of Tradition -- Death and the Ancestors -- The Virgin Mary -- Jesus: El Senor -- The Animals -- The Element of Burlesque -- Individual Attitudes -- Summary -- X. ORGANIZATION AND CONFLICT -- The Nature of the Social Organization -- The Nature of the Conflict -- XI. CONCLUSION: THE HYPOTHESIS OF FUNCTIONAL INCONSISTENCY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. ; This title from the Open Arizona collection is made available by the University of Arizona Press and University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions about this title, please contact the UA Press at https://uapress.arizona.edu/contact.