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In 1888, Mary Green became the first black pioneer to file a homestead claim in Tempe, Arizona. [12] That year, she claimed 160 acres of land in Tempe's outskirts for herself and her six children. In 1900, Mary relocated to Phoenix, but her children remained in the Tempe area where they would become ranchers in the Kyrene district. [13] [14]
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.
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
Flag of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona [1]. The Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona [1] is a federally recognized tribe of Yaqui Native Americans in the state of Arizona.. Descended from the Yaqui people whose original homelands include the Yaqui River valley in western Sonora, Mexico [2] and southern Arizona, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe sought refuge from the Mexican government en masse prior to the ...
Apache County – named after the Apache people. [1] Shared with cities of Apache Junction, Fort Apache and Apache Lake. Cochise County – named after the eponymous Chiricahua chief, from k'uu-ch'ish, meaning "oak". [2] Coconino County – named after the extinct Coconino tribe, of which the Havasupai are descended from. [3]
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.
Soon after, Phoenix purchased an additional 10 acres south of the platform mound, named "Park of Four Waters", which became part of the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park. In 1929 Odd S. Halseth was hired as both the director of Pueblo Grande and as Phoenix's City Archaeologist – the first City Archaeologist in the United States.
Drought and water diversion by non-Indians brought widespread crop failures. [2] In the 19th and the 20th centuries, the Bureau of Indian Affairs implemented policies to try to assimilate the Maricopa into mainstream European-American society, and they brought Presbyterian missionaries into the communities. In 1914, the US federal government ...