Tetabiate
Tetabiate, also known as Juan Maldonado Waswechia Beltran, was the leader of the Yaqui resistance to Mexican attempts to destroy their society and incorporate them fully into the Mexican state after the execution of Cajemé in 1887.
Tetabiate was the son of Pablo Maldonado and Felipa Beltran, and was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was baptized at the Catedral de la Asunción, in Hermosillo, on August 31, 1857.
Following the death of Cajemé on April 23, 1887, Tetabiate led the Yaqui nation for the next 14 years in a guerrilla war against the Porfirio government of Mexico. He was killed on July 9, 1901 in the Bacatete Mountains of Sonora, while fighting against Mexican forces under the command of Loreto Villa. It was reported that the son of Tetabiate, Guillermo, continued the fight against the Mexican forces after his father's death.
