The Texas Band of Yaqui Indians is a cultural heritage organization for individuals who identify as descendants of Yaqui people, 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 state-recognized tribe.
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. Texas has "no legal mechanism to recognize tribes." This organization has neither filed a petition for federal recognition as a Native American tribe, nor sent a letter of intent to file a petition for federal recognition.