After visiting the Yaqui pueblos in Sonora, Mexico, Jimenez Underwood was struck by the tenacity and strength of their indigenous culture and began working on Resistencia Yaqui. Though the culture continued to survive, it had come at the cost of unnecessary death which left its mark on the community, leaving it in a state of instability. This loom-woven piece contains dark and light sections, as well as two different weave structures, to signify the “balancing of movement, time, society, and how it shifts from one change to another.” The scale of this piece is also intentional. As a mid-size, or “human-size” piece, as the artist calls it, the artwork inherently challenges the viewer, demanding respect. A denial of Indigenous rights, though state political suppression, is at the heart of the artist's practice.