Colorado River Indian Tribes

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The Colorado River Indian Tribes is a federally recognized tribal nation in the southwestern United States composed primarily of Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi, and Navajo peoples, with a reservation along the Colorado River in Arizona and California.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf federally recognized tribe
tribal nation
composedPrimarilyOf Chemehuevi people
Hopi people
Mohave people
Navajo people
country United States
governedBy Colorado River Indian Tribes Tribal Council
hasAbbreviation CRIT
hasCulturalHeritage Chemehuevi culture
Hopi culture
Mohave culture
Navajo culture
hasCulturalPractice Colorado River-based traditional lifeways
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
gaming
tourism
water leasing
hasEthnicGroup Chemehuevi
Hopi
Mohave
Navajo
hasExecutiveBody tribal administration
hasGovernmentType tribal government
hasJudicialBody tribal court
hasJurisdictionOver Colorado River Indian Reservation
hasLandBase reservation land along the Colorado River
hasLegislativeBody tribal council
hasOfficialName Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.crit-nsn.gov/
hasPopulationType multi-tribal community
hasPrimaryRegion Lower Colorado River Valley
hasReservation Colorado River Indian Reservation
hasRight water rights from the Colorado River
locatedIn Arizona
California
Southwestern United States
locatedInCounty La Paz County, Arizona
Riverside County, California
Yuma County, Arizona
locatedOnRiver Colorado River
operates tribal enterprises
partOf indigenous peoples of the United States
primaryLanguageRegion Colorado River Indian Reservation
recognizedBy United States federal government
recognizedUnder United States Code Title 25 (Indians)
sovereignWithin United States

Referenced by (18)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
CRIT ("Colorado River Indian Tribes Tribal Council")
Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation ("Colorado River Indian Tribes Tribal Council")
governingBody
CRIT
abbreviationFor
Mohave ("Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation")
federalRecognition
CRIT
fullName
Colorado River Indian Tribes ("Colorado River Indian Tribes Tribal Council")
governedBy
Colorado River Indian Tribes ("Colorado River Indian Reservation")
hasJurisdictionOver
Colorado River Indian Tribes ("Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation")
hasOfficialName
CRIT ("Colorado River Indian Tribes Police Department")
hasPoliceDepartment
Colorado River Indian Tribes ("Colorado River Indian Reservation")
hasReservation
Mojave language
hasSpeakerCommunity
Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation
homeOf
Mojave people
partOf
Colorado River Indian Tribes ("Colorado River Indian Reservation")
primaryLanguageRegion
Mojave people ("Colorado River Indian Reservation")
reservation
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation ("Colorado River Indian Reservation area of California side of Lake Havasu")
reservationRegion
Colorado River
servesAsWaterSourceFor
Colorado River near present-day Needles, California ("Indigenous peoples of the lower Colorado River region")
usedBy

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