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Oʼodham
The Oʼodham, Upper Oʼodham, or Upper Pima (Spanish: or ) are a group of Native Americans in the United States, Native American peoples including the Akimel Oʼodham, the Tohono Oʼodham, and the Hia C-eḍ Oʼodham. Their historical territory is in the Sonoran Desert in southern and central Arizona and northern Sonora, and they are united by a common heritage language, the Oʼodham language. Today, many Oʼodham live in the Tohono Oʼodham 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. They have also historically been referred to as Hímeris. In the Oʼodham language, "wikt:O'odham, Oʼodham" literally means "person," "man," or "human being." History Most archaeologists believe the Oʼodham to be descended from the Hohokam, although some argue that one group invaded the other's territory. As of the late 1600s, ...
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Tohono Oʼodham
The Tohono Oʼodham ( , ) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American people of the Sonoran Desert, residing primarily in the U.S. state of Arizona and the northern Mexican state of Sonora. The United States federally recognized tribe is the Tohono Oʼodham Nation. The Ak-Chin Indian Community also has Tohono Oʼodham citizens. The Tohono Oʼodham Nation governs the Tohono Oʼodham Indian Reservation, a major Indian reservation, reservation located in southern Arizona. It encompasses portions of three counties: Pima County, Arizona, Pima, Pinal County, Arizona, Pinal, and Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa in the United States. Tohono Oʼodham territory extends into the Mexican state of Sonora, Mexico, Sonora. Name The Tohono Oʼodham tribal government and most of the people have rejected the common Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Papago'' since the 1980s. They call themselves Tohono Oʼodham, meaning "desert people". The Akimel O'odham, a neighboring tribe, refer ...
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