Fort Mojave Indian Reservation

Fort Mojave Indian Reservation

The Fort Mojave Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation along the Colorado River, currently encompassing 23,669 acres (96 km²) in Arizona, 12,633 acres (51 km²) in California, and 5,582 acres (23 km²) in Nevada. The reservation was originally established in 1870 and is now home to approximately 1,100 members of the Mohave Tribe of Native Americans.

Occupancy on Fort Mojave Indian Reservation lands, unlike that of many other Indian reservations in Arizona, is less than 50% Native American. The Mojave have leased much of their land to cotton, corn, and soybean farming companies, which employ a large population of resident whites and Mexican Americans.

On October 20, 2003, the reservation government announced an agreement between the reservation and California Governor Gray Davis to allow the operation of an off-reservation casino west of Needles, California (directly across the Colorado River from the Tribe's Arizona Reservation Lands). If the deal is ratified, the Fort Mojave Reservation will be the first to have casinos in three states; the reservation operates the Avi Resort & Casino in Nevada and the Spirit Mountain Casino in Arizona.

Communities

*Arizona Village, Arizona
*Mesquite Creek, Arizona
*Mohave Valley, Arizona (part, population 121)
*Mojave Ranch Estates, Arizona
*Needles, California (part, population 208)

References

* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CHECK_SEARCH_RESULTS=N&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=Y&-transpose=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=25000US1235&-geo_id=26000US123504&-geo_id=26000US123506&-geo_id=26000US123532&-search_results=ALL&-fully_or_partially=N&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Fort Mojave Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Arizona/California/Nevada] United States Census Bureau

External links

* [http://www.cba.nau.edu/caied/TribePages/Mojave.asp Page on the Reservation done by NAU]


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