The Cocopah Indian Reservation is the
reservation __NOTOC__
Reservation may refer to: Places
Types of places:
* Indian reservation, in the United States
* Military base, often called reservations
* Nature reserve
Government and law
* Reservation (law), a caveat to a treaty
* Reservation in India, ...
of the
federally recognized Cocopah Indian Tribe (
Cocopah
The Cocopah ( Cocopah: Xawitt Kwñchawaay) are Native Americans who live in Baja California, Mexico, and Arizona, United States.
In the United States, Cocopah people belong to the federally recognized Cocopah Tribe of Arizona.
Name
The C ...
: Xawiłł Kwñchawaay), which represents
Cocopah people
The Cocopah ( Cocopah: Xawitt Kwñchawaay) are Native Americans who live in Baja California, Mexico, and Arizona, United States.
In the United States, Cocopah people belong to the federally recognized Cocopah Tribe of Arizona.
Name
The C ...
s in the United States. As of the
2000 census a resident population of 1,025 persons, of whom 519 were solely of
Native American heritage, lived on the Cocopah Indian Reservation, which is composed of three non-contiguous sections in
Yuma County, Arizona
Yuma County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 203,881. The county seat is Yuma.
Yuma County includes the Yuma, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The county bor ...
, lying northwest, southwest and south of the
city of Yuma,
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
.
Cocopah Reservation, Arizona
United States Census Bureau The larger section, bordering the Colorado River
The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid drainage basin, watershed that encompasses parts of ...
, lies west of the Yuma suburb of Somerton, while the other section lies just east of Somerton.
There is a casino and bingo hall on the reservation. Another Yuman group, the Quechan
The Quechan (or Yuma) (Quechan: ''Kwatsáan'' 'those who descended') are a Native American tribe who live on the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation on the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California just north of the Mexican border. Despite the ...
, lives in the adjacent Fort Yuma Indian Reservation.
Notes
External links
Cocopah Indian Tribe
official website
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Native American tribes in Arizona
Federally recognized tribes in the United States
American Indian reservations in Arizona
Geography of Yuma County, Arizona