The O'odham peoples, including the
Tohono O'odham, the
Pima or Akimel O'odham, and the
Hia C-ed O'odham, are
indigenous Uto-Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztekan or (rarely in English) Uto-Nahuatl is a family of indigenous languages of the Americas, consisting of over thirty languages. Uto-Aztecan languages are found almost entirely in the Western United States and Mexico. The na ...
peoples of the
Sonoran desert in southern and central
Arizona and northern
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
, united by a common heritage language, the
O'odham language. Today, many O'odham live in the
Tohono O'odham Nation, the
San Xavier Indian Reservation, the
Gila River Indian Community, the
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the
Ak-Chin Indian Community or off-reservation in one of the cities or towns of Arizona.
Oʼodham sub-groups
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Native American tribes in Arizona
Southwest tribes
Indigenous peoples in Mexico
Oasisamerica cultures