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Plate 2: Despojo de la tierra a los Yaquis (El ejército de don Porfirio al servicio de las empresas Yanquis) (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)
Plate 2: Despojo de la tierra a los Yaquis (El ejército de don Porfirio al servicio de las empresas Yanquis) (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)
Plate 2: Despojo de la tierra a los Yaquis (El ejército de don Porfirio al servicio de las empresas Yanquis) (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)

Plate 2: Despojo de la tierra a los Yaquis (El ejército de don Porfirio al servicio de las empresas Yanquis) (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)

Artist (Mexican, 1902 - 1969)
Publisher (Mexican, founded 1937)
Date1947
Mediumlinocut
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (21.6 × 29.8 cm)
Support: 10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (27 × 40 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of the Don Pierce Estate, 2015
Object number2015.29.38
DescriptionOn the left side is a larger-than life image of a businessman wearing sunglasses and pointing his finger at a sword wielding solider on horseback in the central foreground. The man holds a large sign that says "Charles Conant Sondra & Smalda Irrigation CO". The solider raises his sword in the air and is about to bring it down on a man who is falling back onto a fence. In the distance people are being shepherded away.

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Historical text from the accompanying booklet reads as: José María Leyva, “Cajeme", dirigió a los yaquis de Sonora en la lucha por la defensa de las tierras del Bacatete y del Valle del Mayo. El Porfirismo persiguió con saña inaudita a estos honrados y aguerridos campesinos, quienes dieron con su sacrifico un ejemplo de patriotismo que permanecerá inalterable a lo largo de toda nuestra Historia. La Revolución Mexicana ha hecho plena justicia a los yaquis al devolverles propiedades que siempre habían sido suyas. Alberto Morales Jimenez.

Translation: José María Leyva, “Cajeme,” led the Yaqui Indians of Sonora in the armed struggle to defend their territories in the Sierra del Bacatete and the Valle del Mayo.  Porfirio Díaz’ army with unprecedented cruelty viciously persecuted these brave and honest peasants whose sacrifice provided an example of patriotism that will remain unaltered throughout history. The Mexican Revolution has done full justice to the Yaqui people by giving back the property that has always been theirs. Translated by Aída Wester, Intern 2017.


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