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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 ...
04-61710. GNIS feature ID. 25339. Sacate is a populated place in the Middle Gila River Valley area, within Pinal County, Arizona, United States. [2] Located 8 mi (13 km) north of Maricopa on the south side of the Gila River near Pima Butte, Sacate was an Pima village, a railroad station of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and a Catholic mission.
Twin Buttes is a populated place on the east flank of the Sierrita Mountains approximately twenty miles south of Tucson, in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Named after a prominent hill located next to the town, Twin Buttes was founded as a small mining town circa 1903 and abandoned around 1930. Much of the actual town site is now buried ...
The Pima Unified School District is located in Pima, Arizona serving the communities of Pima, Bryce, and Eden in southeastern Arizona. It operates an elementary school, junior high school, and Pima High School, as well as the small Gila Valley Learning Center. [1]
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.
Pima Butte (Maricopa: Vii Vav) is a mountain summit in Pinal County, Arizona eight miles north of present-day Maricopa, Arizona. Pima Butte rises to 1,660 feet (510 meters) above sea level. [1] As a significant landmark in the Gila Valley it was near the site of the 1857 Battle of Pima Butte , to which it gave its name.
The Battle of Pima Butte, or the Battle of Maricopa Wells, was fought on September 1, 1857 at Pima Butte, Arizona near Maricopa Wells in the Sierra Estrella. Yuma, Mohave, Apache and Yavapai warriors attacked a Maricopa village named Secate in one of the largest battles in Arizona's history. It was also the last major battle fought by the Yumas ...
Sierra Estrella. / 33.27361°N 112.28083°W / 33.27361; -112.28083. The Estrella Mountains or The Sierra Estrella ( O'odham: Komaḍk, Maricopa: Vii Lyxa, Yavapai: Wi:kchasa) is a mountain range located southwest of Phoenix, Arizona. Much of the range falls within the Gila River Indian Reservation, but 14,400 acres (5,800 ha) of BLM ...