Jabanimó

Jabanimó^[1] or Hawani Mo'o ("Raven's Head") was an Akimel O'odham leader involved in Native American uprisings during the 1750s, possibly including the 1751 Pima Revolt.

Biography[edit]

Jabanimó was an O'odham chief originally from the Gila River area.^[2]^[3] Contemporary sources disagree on whether he was involved in the 1751 Pima Revolt.^[4] He organized native resistance along the Santa Cruz River, encouraging residents of Mission San Xavier del Bac and Mission San Cosme y Damián de Tucsón to resist the Jesuit missionaries.^[5]^[3]

In 1756, Jabanimó led a group of O'odham and Papagos against San Xavier del Bac.^[2] He was joined by surviving followers of Luis Oacpicagigua, led by Oacpicagigua's son Cipriano.^[2]^[4] Assisted by sympathetic native residents of Bac, the group looted the mission, including the church and the homes of natives loyal to the Jesuits.^[2]^[3] Resident missionary Alonso Ignacio Benito Espinosa escaped to Presidio San Ignacio de Tubac.^[6]^[7]

Governor Juan Antonio de Mendoza [es] and Captain Francisco Elías Gonzalez led a punitive expedition in response, defeating Jabanimó and his followers near Gila Bend.^[7]^[3] Fifteen natives were killed,^[3] but Jabanimó himself survived by hiding among the reeds on the shore of the Gila River.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Sometimes spelled Gabanimó.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sheridan, Thomas E. (26 May 2016). Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumacácori, the Baca Float, and the Betrayal of the O’odham. University of Arizona Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8165-3441-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Wagoner, Jay J. (1975). Early Arizona : prehistory to Civil War. Tucson : University of Arizona Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-8165-0339-1. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bess, Jennifer (1 April 2021). Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing: The Akimel O'odham and Cycles of Agricultural Transformation in the Phoenix Basin. University Press of Colorado. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-1-64642-105-3.
^ Officer, James E. (15 November 2015). Hispanic Arizona, 1536–1856. University of Arizona Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-8165-3349-7.
^ Starr, Kevin (14 October 2016). Continental Ambitions: Roman Catholics in North America: The Colonial Experience. Ignatius Press. ISBN 978-1-68149-736-5.
^ ^a ^b Sphar, Ginny. "Alonso Ignacio Benito Espinosa". www.nps.gov. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[1] Sometimes spelled Gabanimó.

[sheridan-2] Sheridan, Thomas E. (26 May 2016). Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumacácori, the Baca Float, and the Betrayal of the O’odham. University of Arizona Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8165-3441-8.

[wagoner-3] Wagoner, Jay J. (1975). Early Arizona : prehistory to Civil War. Tucson : University of Arizona Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-8165-0339-1. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[bess-4] Bess, Jennifer (1 April 2021). Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing: The Akimel O'odham and Cycles of Agricultural Transformation in the Phoenix Basin. University Press of Colorado. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-1-64642-105-3.

[officer-5] Officer, James E. (15 November 2015). Hispanic Arizona, 1536–1856. University of Arizona Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-8165-3349-7.

[starr-6] Starr, Kevin (14 October 2016). Continental Ambitions: Roman Catholics in North America: The Colonial Experience. Ignatius Press. ISBN 978-1-68149-736-5.

[NPS-7] Sphar, Ginny. "Alonso Ignacio Benito Espinosa". www.nps.gov. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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