Akimel O'odham

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Native American people O'odham people indigenous people of the United States

The Akimel O'odham are a Native American people of the Sonoran Desert region, traditionally living along the Gila and Salt Rivers in what is now Arizona and known for their sophisticated irrigation agriculture and close cultural ties to the Tohono O'odham.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Akimel O’odham 11
Akimel O'odham canonical 3
Akimel O’odham (Pima) 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
O'odham people ⓘ
indigenous people of the United States ⓘ
alternativeName Pima ⓘ
Gila River ⓘ
surface form: River Pima
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalArea southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest

Oasisamerica ⓘ
culturalPractice akimel O'odham songs and dances ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
demographicStatus federally recognized Native American population in Arizona ⓘ
environmentalAdaptation desert river irrigation ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Akimel O’odham language ⓘ
surface form: O'odham language
federallyRecognizedTribe Gila River Indian Community ⓘ
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ⓘ
historicalInteraction Mexican authorities ⓘ
Spanish colonizers ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
knownFor riverine agriculture in the Sonoran Desert ⓘ
sophisticated irrigation systems ⓘ
language Akimel O’odham language ⓘ
surface form: Akimel O'odham language
languageBranch O'odham languages ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
nameMeaning River People ⓘ
primaryState Arizona ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Hia C-ed O’odham ⓘ
surface form: Hia C-ed O'odham

Pima people ⓘ
surface form: O'odham peoples

Tohono O'odham ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional O'odham religion ⓘ
selfIdentification Akimel O'odham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: O'odham
sharesReservationWith Maricopa people ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
corn ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture-based economy ⓘ
traditionalHousing adobe structures ⓘ
brush houses ⓘ
traditionalRegion Gila River region ⓘ
surface form: Gila River valley

Salt River region ⓘ
surface form: Salt River valley

Sonoran Desert ⓘ
present-day Arizona ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence farming ⓘ
irrigation agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Tohono O'odham → relatedEthnicGroup → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
Snaketown → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham (Pima)
Pee-Posh → neighboringGroup → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham (Pima)
Gila River region → inhabitedBy → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham
Gila River region → hasIndigenousName → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham
Gila River region → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham
Pima language → alternateName → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham
Pima language → ethnicGroup → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham
Akimel O’odham language → alternateName → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham
Akimel O’odham language → hasEndonym → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham
Mayo language → hasDialects → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sonoran Mayo
Tepiman → hasMemberLanguage → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel Oʼodham
Hia C-ed O’odham → ethnicallyRelatedTo → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham
Salt River Reservation → hasCulturalAffiliation → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
Gila River Indian Reservation → homelandOf → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham
Gila River Indian Reservation → ethnicGroup → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham
Sacaton, Arizona → associatedPeople → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akimel O’odham
Papago → relatedEthnicGroup → Akimel O'odham ⓘ
Akimel O'odham → selfIdentification → Akimel O'odham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: O'odham