Indigenous peoples in Arizona

Native Americans have inhabited what is now Arizona for thousands of years. It remains a state with one of the largest percentages of Native Americans in the United States of America, and has the second largest total Native American population of any state. In addition, the majority of the Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the US, and the entire Tohono O'odham Nation, the second largest, are located in Arizona. Over a quarter of the area of the state is reservation land.

Twenty tribes are members of the [http://www.itcaonline.com/ Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona] (ITCA).

Contemporary peoples native to Arizona

*Chemehuevi
*Chiricahua
*Cocopa, or "Xawitt Kunyavaei"
*Dilzhe'e Apache
*Havasupai, or "Havasuw `Baaja"
*Hopi
*Hualapai, or "Hwal `Baaja"
*Maricopa, or "Piipaash"
*Mohave, or "Hamakhava" (also spelled "Mojave")
*Navajo, or "Diné"
*Southern Paiute
*Pima, or "Akimel O'odham"
*Quechan, or Yuma
*San Carlos Apache, "Nné" - Coyotero or Western Apaches
*Tewa
*Tohono O'odham, formerly Papago
*Southern Ute
*White Mountain Apache, "Ndé" - Coyotero or Western Apaches
*Xalychidom, or Halchidhoma
*Yaqui, or "Hiakim"
*Yavapai, or "Kwevkepaya", "Wipukepa", "Tolkepaya", and "Yavepé" (four separate groups)
*Zuni, or "A:shiwi"

Prehistoric cultures in Arizona

* Anasazi - Four Corners area
* Hohokam, or "Ho:-ho:gam" - As far north as the Valley of the Sun and as far south as Mexico.
* Mogollon
* Patayan
* Sinagua - Area around present-day Flagstaff

Tribal entities in Arizona

This is a list of all tribal entities in Arizona currently registered with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Links go to the tribes' website or to the ITCA's page for that tribe.
* [http://www.ak-chin.nsn.us/main.html Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation]
* [http://www.cocopah.com/ Cocopah Tribe of Arizona]
* [http://critonline.com/index.shtml Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California]
* [http://www.ftmcdowell.org/ Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation]
* [http://www.itcaonline.com/tribes_mojave.html Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada]
* [http://www.gric.nsn.us/ Gila River Indian Community]
* [http://www.havasupaitribe.com/ Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation]
* [http://www.hopi.nsn.us/ Hopi Tribe of Arizona]
* [http://www.itcaonline.com/tribes_hualapai.html Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation]
* [http://www.kaibabpaiutetribal.com/ Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation]
* [http://www.navajo.org/ Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah]
* [http://www.pascuayaqui-nsn.gov/ Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona]
* [http://www.itcaonline.com/tribes_quechan.html Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona]
* [http://www.saltriver.pima-maricopa.nsn.us/ Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation]
* [http://www.itcaonline.com/tribes_sancarl.html San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation]
* [http://www.itcaonline.com/tribes_sanjuan.html San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona]
* [http://www.itcaonline.com/tribes_tohono.html Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona]
* [http://www.itcaonline.com/tribes_tonto.html Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona]
* [http://www.wmat.nsn.us/ White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation]
* [http://www.yavapai-apache.org/ Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation]
* [http://www.ypit.com/ Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation]

External links

* [http://www.doi.gov U.S. Department of the Interior]
* [http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html Bureau of Indian Affairs]
* [http://www.doi.gov/leaders.pdf Tribal Leaders Directory Spring/Summer 2005]
* [http://www.azcentral.com/culturesaz/amindian/timelineamind.html Native Americans in Arizona] - timeline, map, cultures