Gurdia Tradicional Comcaac, dedicated to the community defense of its territory Seri or Comcaác, is located in the desert and coast of Sonora and Gulf of California, is made up of the towns of Punta Chueca, Isla del Tiburon and Desemboque belonging to the municipalities of Hermosillo and Pitiquito in the state of Sonora Mexico. Seri is the name of an ethnic group that lives in the Mexican state of Sonora. The word for this town is of unknown origin, but its members call themselves enjoy a certain autonomy independent of the Mexican state. The guard is formed by young indigenous
Seri is the name of an ethnic group that lives in the Mexican state of Sonora. The word for this town is of unknown origin, but its members call themselves Comcaac. Seriland in the state of Sonora, comprising an area of ??approximately 211,000 ha MASL, and is composed of a mainland portion and Tiburon Island, located in the Gulf of California, off the central coast of the state. The seris mainly inhabit the towns of El Desemboque (Haxšl Iihom, Pitiquito Township, and Punta Chueca (Socaaix,) in coastal town of Hermosillo Sonora. In pre-Hispanic times, the territory of the Seri expanded between mountain ranges, desert oaks and the Gulf of California. Being a nomadic people, the Seri roamed an area corresponding to the current fourteen municipalities of Sonora. It is believed that at that time, the Seri people were organized into six bands, in turn divided into clans. On his return from the Seri Tiburon settled along the coast, until in 1936 the then President, General L‡zaro C‡rdenas, meeting their demands for support, your organization promoted fishing cooperatives, provided them the necessary equipment and concentrated in the town of Bah’a de Kino. However, increasingly colonizing leave this populated by non-indigenous fishermen, moved to Seri Desemboque using some intermediate camps and occasional fields. In 1970 the territory was recognized when President Luis Echeverr’a ejido gave them a coastline of 91,000 ha, which corresponds to of the total area of the state. In 1975, with several more decrees, the same president declares the Strait of Infiernillo as seri exclusive fishing zone and gave them symbolically as communal ownership Tiburon, as enacted in 1963 as an ecological reserve
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