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The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) (O'odham language: Keli Akimel Oʼotham, meaning "Gila River People", Maricopa language: Pee-Posh) is an Indian reservation in the U.S. state of Arizona, lying adjacent to the south side of the cities of Chandler and Phoenix, within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area in Pinal and Maricopa counties.
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.
Sweetwater, is a populated place located along the south side of the Gila River, between Sacaton and Casa Blanca, in what is now the Gila River Indian Community in Pinal County, Arizona, United States at an elevation of 1,211 feet (369 m). [1] Not to be confused with a populated place of the same name in the Navajo Nation within Apache County ...
Gila River at Komatke, Arizona, in the Gila River Indian Community, just south of Phoenix. The only major dam on the Gila River is Coolidge Dam, 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona, which forms San Carlos Lake.
Governors of the Gila River Indian Community (2 P) Pages in category "Gila River Indian Community" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
Maricopa Colony is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located in the federally recognized Gila River Indian Community. The population was 854 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 709 at the 2010 census. It is located on the southern side of the Phoenix metropolitan area, around Baseline Road and 83rd Avenue.
Jay R. Morago Jr. (June 17, 1917 – May 14, 2008) [1] was an activist of the Gila River Indian Community and was elected as their first governor. He helped to draft the reservation's first constitution in 1960. [2] Morago served as the governor of the Gila River Indian Community from 1954 until 1960. [2]
St. Johns is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located in the Gila River Indian Community. The population was 690 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 476 at the 2010 census.