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The Ak-Chin Indian Community is located in the Santa Cruz Valley in Arizona. The community is composed mainly of Ak-Chin O'odham (Ak-Chin Au-Authm, also called Pima, another division of the Akimel O'odham – "River People") and Tohono O'odham, as well as some Yoeme. As of 2000, the population living in the community was 742.
As of 2022, the total population is 7,386. [1] The community is a federally recognized tribe located in Arizona . The community borders the Arizona cities of Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, and Fountain Hills . The Great Seal of the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community is a representation of I'itoi, commonly referred to as the Man in the Maze.
The Tohono Oʼodham Nation governs the Tohono Oʼodham Indian Reservation, a major reservation located in southern Arizona. It encompasses portions of three counties: Pima, Pinal, and Maricopa in the United States. Tohono O'odham territory extends into the Mexican state of Sonora.
The Gila River Indian Community was established in 1859, and the Gila River Indian Community was formally established by Congress in 1939. The community is home for members of both the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation has a land area of 583.749 square miles (1,511.90 km 2) and a 2020 Census population ...
Tucson Indian school was founded in 1888 with the purpose of facilitating the assimilation of native children of the Pima and Papago (currently known as the Tohono O’odham) tribes from the area around what is now Tucson, Arizona. The school was created under federal acts with the goal of indoctrinating native American children into western ...
The Pima Bajo (Lower Pima) people are indigenous people of Mexico who reside in a mountainous region along the line between the states of Chihuahua and Sonora in northern Mexico. They are related to the Pima and Tohono O’odham of Arizona and northern Sonora, speaking a similar but distinct language. Lower Pima groups include:: 22
Oʼodham (pronounced [ˈʔɔʔɔðam], English approximation: / ˈoʊ.ɒðəm, - dəm / OH-od (h)-əm) or Papago-Pima is a Uto-Aztecan language of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, where the Tohono Oʼodham (formerly called the Papago) and Akimel Oʼodham (traditionally called Pima) reside. [5] In 2000 there were estimated to be ...
Ira Hayes. Ira Hamilton Hayes (January 12, 1923 – January 24, 1955) was an Akimel O'odham Indigenous American and a United States Marine during World War II. Hayes was an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, located in Pinal and Maricopa counties in Arizona. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on August 26 ...