Editing Cajemé (section)

===Municipality of Cajeme===
Following the death of Cajemé, the Yaqui struggled to maintain control of their traditional lands. However, by 1890, with most of the Yaqui removed from the [[Yaqui River]] Valley, the Mexican government granted the Sonora and [[Sinaloa]] Irrigation Company, incorporated in [[New Jersey]], land along the river with water rights in 1890.<ref>Phillips & Comus, 2000</ref> The company begin the construction of canals for irrigating and growing crops. The Sonora and Sinaloa Irrigation Company soon went bankrupt,<ref>N. Y. Times, 1900; N.Y. Times, 1901</ref> and the grant was purchased by the Richardson Construction Company of California in 1906.<ref>Records of the Compañia Constructora Richardson, S.A., 1904-1968</ref> The Richardson Construction Company sold a 400 [[hectare]] block of land to developers from the United States and Europe, and received the exclusive right to sixty-five percent of the Yaqui River’s water for a 99-year period. The first non-indigenous settlers established themselves in the neighborhood called Plano Oriente. The Ferrocarril Sud-Pacífico, a subsidy of the [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]], established a station nearby called Cajeme, to provide water for the locomotives. The town of [[Cajeme]] was initially a part of [[Cócorit]] Municipality until its elevation to a Municipal Seat on September 28, 1927. The first city government was established on January 1, 1928. The July 28, 1928, decree stated that “the city is known now with the name of [[Ciudad Obregón]], the town formerly known as Cajeme.” In 1937 another legislation stated that Cajeme be the name of the Municipality and [[Ciudad Obregón]] its seat.

In modern times, the Municipality of Cajeme yearly commemorates the death of Cajemé, with a gathering and public speeches highlighting the battles where Cajemé led his people against the Mexican Government, instead of pacifying the Yaqui people as was expected by Sonoran Governor Pesqueira.<ref>Municipio de Cajeme, 2013</ref>