Autonomous Period (1740-1887)
The 1740 revolt ushered in a 150-year period of relative freedom for the Yaqui people. In the absence of missionaries, they continued to practice Catholicism but also continued to re-work the religion to incorporate their native beliefs. Although periodic efforts were made by the Spanish and (after 1821) Mexican governments to tax and work the Yaqui, the Yaqui were able to resist these efforts until General Porfirio Diaz's rise to power in 1887.
The Yaqui incorporated native rituals, such as the deer dance, into Catholic rituals during this period
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