Maricopa people

E10603
Native American people indigenous people of the United States

The Maricopa people are a Native American tribe of the Yuman language family traditionally living along the lower Gila and Colorado Rivers in what is now Arizona.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Cocopah people 2
Maricopa (Piipaash) peoples 1
Maricopa Indians 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
indigenous people of the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Maricopa people ⓘ
surface form: Maricopa Indians

Yuman peoples ⓘ
surface form: Piipaash people
associatedWith Gila River Indian Community ⓘ
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalPractice basketry ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
culturalRegion southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest

Sonoran Desert ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yuman peoples ⓘ
governmentType tribal government ⓘ
hasAutonym Piipaash ⓘ
historicalAlliance Pima people ⓘ
historicalEvent migration from lower Colorado River to Gila River region ⓘ
influencedBy riverine environment of Gila and Colorado Rivers ⓘ
languageFamily Yuman language family ⓘ
surface form: Yuman languages
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Mountain Standard Time
nativeLanguage Maricopa language ⓘ
neighboringGroup Mojave people ⓘ
Quechan people ⓘ
partOf Gila River Indian Community ⓘ
surface form: Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ⓘ
surface form: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation
populationRegion central Arizona ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe ⓘ
region Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ
subgroupOf Yuman language family ⓘ
traditionalArt coiled baskets ⓘ
red-on-buff pottery ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
corn ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched brush houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
riverine agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Lower Colorado River region ⓘ
surface form: lower Colorado River

lower Gila River ⓘ
present-day Arizona ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maricopa people → alsoKnownAs → Maricopa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maricopa Indians
Yuman → ethnicGroup → Maricopa people ⓘ
Yuman peoples → hasPart → Maricopa people ⓘ
Piipaash → historicallyAssociatedWith → Maricopa people ⓘ
lower Gila River → historicallyUsedBy → Maricopa people ⓘ
lower Gila River → inhabitedBy → Maricopa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maricopa (Piipaash) peoples
Maricopa County, Arizona → namedAfter → Maricopa people ⓘ
Yavapai people → neighboringGroup → Maricopa people ⓘ
Gila River Indian Community → partOf → Maricopa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maricopa tribes
Cocopa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Maricopa people ⓘ
Kiliwa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Maricopa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cocopah people
Mojave people → relatedEthnicGroup → Maricopa people ⓘ
Quechan people → relatedEthnicGroup → Maricopa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cocopah people
Quechan people → relatedEthnicGroup → Maricopa people ⓘ
Pima people → sharesReservationWith → Maricopa people ⓘ
Maricopa language → spokenBy → Maricopa people ⓘ