The Comcaac Nation, also known as the Seri people, is an indigenous group from Mexico that resides in the state of Sonora. In their native language, Comcaac means "the people."

The Comcaac have always been a nomadic people, ancestrally linked to the desert. Currently, the two communities they inhabit are called Punta Chueca, in the municipality of Hermosillo, located 150 kilometers from the capital of the state of Sonora and 420 kilometers from the U.S. border city of Heroica Nogales.

The Comcaac Nation, historically linked to the Sonora Desert territory, currently lives at the crossroads between the development of hunting tourism and the ongoing dispossession and defense of their natural resources.

The imposition of territorial claims by large capital interests has caused a rupture in the social and cultural fabric of the community.

The Comcaac territory lacks essential services such as health centers, schools, and basic infrastructure, primarily water and drainage.

They have been progressively stripped of their communal assets, including water, mineral resources, and communal land. All of this is part of a federal development logic that does not take them into account in the creation of public policies, nor are they among its institutional priorities.

The way they resist and preserve their ancestral wisdom is through their songs, which have been passed down through generations. 

Hunting practices have led to changes in their life strategies and community work.

For the Comcaac Nation, it has been a challenge to maintain their vision of conserving common resources and defending life against the extractivist practices of hunting tourism, illegal mining concessions, and the threats posed by organized crime. Additionally, the state’s abandonment has marginalized them for years, offering no protection.

Finally, government support for hunting and extractive tourism activities within the Comcaac territory aims to maintain their precarious conditions, provoke internal contradictions, deepen their vulnerability, dispossess them of their land, and impose foreign religions and ways of life.

Despite all of this, the community continues to resist and preserve its identity through ancestral knowledge. Women play a leading role in defending natural resources and fighting for gender equality in future generations.