Gila River region

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The Gila River region is a historically significant area of the Sonoran Desert in present-day Arizona, centered around the Gila River and long inhabited and cultivated by the Pima (Akimel O’odham) people.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Gila River region canonical 3
Gila River Basin 1
Gila River Valley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
associatedWithEthnicGroup Maricopa people
Pima people
borderedBy Sonoran Desert landscapes
climate arid
contains Gila River Indian Community
irrigated fields
riparian habitats
traditional Pima villages
country United States of America
surface form: United States
ecosystem desert riparian corridor
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Akimel O'odham
surface form: Akimel O’odham

Pima people
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
ranching
hasHeritage O’odham cultural heritage
Pima cultural heritage
hasIndigenousName Akimel O'odham
surface form: Akimel O’odham
hasLandUse reservation lands
tribal lands
hasMainWaterSource Gila River
hasRiver Gila River
historicallySignificantFor indigenous irrigation agriculture
interaction between Native communities and U.S. expansion
trade routes in the Sonoran Desert
historicalPeriod Mexican period
Spanish colonial period
surface form: Spanish colonial era

U.S. territorial period
pre-contact era
inhabitedBy Akimel O'odham
surface form: Akimel O’odham

Pima people
knownFor O’odham agriculture
irrigated agriculture
prehistoric canal systems
languageAssociated Akimel O’odham language
surface form: O’odham language
locatedIn Arizona
Sonoran Desert
United States of America
surface form: United States
namedAfter Gila River
partOf southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest

Arizona Territory
surface form: Arizona Territory (historical)

Lower Colorado River region
surface form: Lower Colorado River Basin

traditional homelands of the Akimel O’odham
relatedTo Gila River Indian Reservation
surface form: Gila River Indian Community Reservation
usedFor farming
irrigation
waterRightsIssue Gila River water adjudications

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Referenced by (8)

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

Pima traditionalTerritory Gila River region
Gila River namedAfter Gila River region
this entity surface form: Gila region
Coolidge Dam riverBasin Gila River region
this entity surface form: Gila River Basin
Coolidge Dam providesIrrigationTo Gila River region
this entity surface form: Gila River Valley
Safford, Arizona locatedInValley Gila River region
this entity surface form: Gila Valley
Papago historicalTerritory Gila River region
Akimel O'odham traditionalRegion Gila River region
this entity surface form: Gila River valley