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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.
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 Villages and some of their lands were included in the Gila River Indian Reservation in 1859. An Indian Agency was established at Casa Blanca with Silas St. John, (station agent of the Butterfield Overland Mail at Casa Blanca Station), appointed on February 18, 1859, as Special Agent for the Pima and Maricopa Indians. Agent St. John ...
Education. Phoenix Indian School. Spouse. Ross Shaw. Children. 3. Anna Moore Shaw, (born 30 November 1898; died 18 April 1976) was a Pima storyteller, autobiographer and civic leader. She is the first Native woman to earn a high school diploma in Arizona. [1]
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.
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 ...
Maricopa people. The Maricopa or Piipaash [2] are a Native American tribe, who live in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and Gila River Indian Community along with the Pima, a tribe with whom the Maricopa have long held a positive relationship. The Maricopa at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community consist mostly of ...