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The Colorado River Indian Tribes (Mohave: Aha Havasuu, Navajo: Tó Ntsʼósíkooh Bibąąhgi Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Bináhásdzo) is a federally recognized tribe consisting of the four distinct ethnic groups associated with the Colorado River Indian Reservation: the Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi, and Navajo. The tribe has about 4,277 enrolled members.
The Colorado River Indian Reservation includes parts of California and Arizona and is shared by members of the Chemehuevi, Hopi, and Navajo peoples. The original Colorado River and Fort Mojave reservations were established in 1865 and 1870, respectively.
A state designated American Indian reservation is the land area designated by a state for state-recognized American Indian tribes who lack federal recognition. Legal/Statistical Area Description [ 2 ]
The U.S. government has taken some actions to help quantify and develop the water resources of Native American reservations. The first federally funded irrigation project in the U.S. was the construction of an irrigation canal on the Colorado River Indian Reservation in 1867. [258]
The property covers areas along the Colorado River of the three adjacent states of Arizona, California, and Nevada. It also is sporadically traversed by the Mojave River in California. The Fort Mohave Indian Reservation was established in 1890, and comprised the land of the former camp Mojave military reservation, thereby transferring it from ...
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
For a historical interpretation by a tribal member of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, see his chapter on Poston: Dwight Lomayesva, 1981. "The Adaptation of Hopi and Navajo Colonists on the Colorado River Indian Reservation," Master of Social Sciences Thesis (Fullerton, CA: California State University, Fullerton).
Colorado River: 5-15-1876 Ca-2 593 886 Executive Order President alludes to previous errors and correctly defines boundaries of Colorado River reservation – partially in California. See act of Congress of Mar. 3, 1865, and executive order of Nov. 22, 1873 and Nov. 16, 1874 Mission Indians – Portrero, Agua Caliente, Torros, Cabezons 5-15 ...