Seri
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The Seris (Seri: comcáac) are an indigenous group of Sonora, Mexico.
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Bands
The Seri were formerly divided into six bands. They were:
- Xiica hai iic coii ("those that are towards the wind"), who inhabited a large area to north of the other bands.
- Xiica xnaai iicp coii ("those that are to the south"), who inhabited the coast from Bahía Kino to Guaymas.
- Tahéjöc comcáac ("Tiburon Island people"), who inhabited the coasts of Tiburon Island, and the coast of Mexico opposite it, north of the xiica xnaai iicp coii.
- Heeno comcáac ("desert people"), who inhabited the central valley of Tiburon Island.
- Xnaamótat ("those that came from the south"), who inhabited a small strip between the xiica hai iic coii and the Tahéjöc comcáac.
- Xiica Hast ano coii ("those that are in San Esteban Island"), who inhabited San Esteban Island and the southern coast of Tiburon Island.
Three of the bands were further subdivided. Relations between bands were not always friendly, and internal fights sometimes occured.
After the Seri population was greatly reduced by conflicts with the Mexican government and the Tohono O'odham, and epidemics of smallpox and measles, the remaining Seris grouped together and the band system was lost.
Bibliography
- Moser, Edward W. (1963.) Seri Bands. (Spanish version)
