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Intended to forcibly assimilate Arizona Native children into American culture, school policies prohibited the use of native languages and clothing and separated children from the same tribe. [20] Although the curriculum underwent heavy reform during the 1930s at the behest of reformist Bureau of Indian Affairs chief John Collier , the school ...
Out of the entire US population of 2.9 million Native Americans, [1] roughly 286,680 live in Arizona, representing 10% of the country's total Native American population. Only California and Oklahoma have more Native Americans than Arizona by number. Arizona also has the highest proportion of land allocated to Native American reservations, at 28 ...
Geronimo (1829–1909) – leader of Chiricahua Apache who fought against encroachment of European settlers on Native American lands; hero of Native American fight for respect and independence; Pearl Hart (1871–1955) – outlaw; Doc Holliday (1851–1887) – gambler, gunfighter, dentist; Irataba (1814–1874) – leader of the Mohave Nation
This is a list of Native American reservations in the U.S. state of Arizona. List of reservations. Official name Tribe(s) Endonym Est. Pop. (2010) [1] Area
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The former territory of the Yavapai. The yellow line shows the forced march to the San Carlos Apache Reservation.. Their creation story explains that Yavapai people originated "in the beginning," or "many years ago," when either a tree or a maize plant sprouted from the ground in what is now Montezuma Well, bringing the Yavapai into the world.
Maricopa. 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 (both in Arizona) along with the Pima, a tribe with whom the Maricopa have long held a positive relationship.
Puebloan from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico Navajo family. The Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest are those in the current states of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada in the western United States, and the states of Sonora and Chihuahua in northern Mexico.