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Indigenous peoples of Arizona are the Native American people who currently live or have historically lived in what is now the state of Arizona. There are 22 federally recognized tribes in Arizona, including 17 with reservations that lie entirely within its borders. Reservations make up over a quarter of the state's land area.
A map of California tribal groups and languages at the time of European contact. The Indigenous peoples of California are the Indigenous inhabitants who have previously lived or currently live within the current boundaries of California before and after the arrival of Europeans.
Fort Mojave Indian Reservation: Mohave: Pipa Aha Macav 1890 1,004 65.4 (169.4) Mohave: Extends into California (San Bernardino) and Nevada Fort Yuma Indian Reservation: Quechan: Kwatsáan 1884 2,197 68.1 (176.4) Yuma: Extends into California Gila River Indian Community: Pima, Maricopa: O'odham/Pima: Keli Akimel Oʼotham Maricopa: 1859 11,712
From 1200 CE into the historic era a people collectively known as the La Junta Indians lived at the junction of the Conchos River and Rio Grande on the border of Texas and Mexico. [8] Between 700 and 1550 CE, the Patayan culture inhabited parts of modern-day Arizona, California and Baja California.
Tribes such as the Quechan or Yuman Indians in present-day southeast California and southwest Arizona first encountered Spanish explorers in the 1760s and 1770s. Tribes on the coast of northwest California, like the Miwok , Yurok , and Yokut , had contact with Russian explorers and seafarers in the late 18th century. [ 26 ]
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.
Osawatomie – a compound of two primary Native American Indian tribes from the area, the Osage and Pottawatomie; Tonganoxie – derives its name from a member of the Delaware tribe that once occupied land in what is now Leavenworth County and western Wyandotte County; Topeka – from Kansa dóppikʔe, "a good place to dig wild potatoes"
Patayan culture is sometimes known as the Hakataya culture.Their nearest cultural neighbors were the Hohokam in central and eastern Arizona. The historic Yuman-speaking peoples in this region were skilled warriors and active traders, maintaining exchange networks with the Pima in southern Arizona and with the Californian Pacific Coast tribes.