Indigenous Peoples of Arizona

There are at many Indian tribes on reservations in the state. In addition to the Navajo—the largest tribe—important groups are the Mohave, Apache, Hopi, Paiute, Papago, Pima, Yuma, Yavapai, Hualapai, and Havasupai. Histories of Arizona Indians are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under ARIZONA - MINORITIES, as well as under ARIZONA - NATIVE RACES. Other records of American Indians are listed in the Subject Search of the Family History Library Catalog under the names of the tribes. The following list of tribes is compiled from: Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethonology, Bulletin #30 1907. Swanaton, John W. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin #145. === Tribes of Arizona === Apache, Chemehuevi, Cocopah, Diegueno, Gosiute, Halchidhoma, Halyikwamai, Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapais, Kohuana, Maidu, Maqui, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pueblo, Paiute, Papago, Pima, Pujuni, Quahatika, Quechans, Sobaipuri, Tonto, Ute, Walapai, Yavapai, Yuma, Zuni ==== Bands ==== Mohave-Apache, Pascua-Yaqire, Tonto-Apache,Yavipai-Apache, Yavapai-Prescott, Tohono O'Odham Nation === Reservations === Reservations were established as westward expansion and settlement occured. Tribes ceded land and were removed to restricted and reserved land Ak Chin Reservation Apache Reservation Camp Verde Reservation Cocopah Reservation Colorado River Reservation Fort Apache Reservation Fort McDowell Reservation Fort Mohave Reservation Gila Bend Reservation Gila River Reservation Havasupai Reservation Hopi Reservation Hualpai Reservation Kaibab Reservation Maricopa and Pima Reservation Mohave Reservation Mooqui Reservation Navajo Reservation Papago Reservation Parcua Yaqui Reservation Payson (Tunto Apache) Reservation Pima Reservation Pipe Springs Reservation Salt River Reservation San Carols Reservation San Xavier Reservation Suppai Reservation Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona White Mountain Reservation Yavapai (Prescott) Reservation === Agencies === Fort Apache Agency Camp Grant Agency Cannon Agency Chinle Agency Chiricahua Agency Colorado River Agency Fort Defiance Agency Gila River (Pima) Agency Hopi Agency Moqui Pueblo Agency Navaho Agency Papago Agency Phoenix Aggency Pima Agency Rio Verde Agency Salt River Agency San Carlos Agency Shiprock Agency (New Mexico and Arizona) Truxton Canon Agency Western Navajo Agency Fort Yuma Agency Yuma Agency === See Also Arizona === Church recordsa list of missions are given. History the calendar of events has dates of importance to American Indians. Military a list of forts are given. === === The Family History Library has microfilm copies of Bureau of Indian Affairs records, such as pre-1940 census, school, and vital records, for a few agencies, including the Fort Apache, Pima, and Yuma. The original documents are at the National Archives— Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel) === Web Sites === * Bureau of Indian Affairs at http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html * National Archives— Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel) at http://www.archives.gov/pacific/laguna/