Tohono O'odham

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Federally recognized tribe in the United States Indian reservation Indigenous people of North America Native American people Uto-Aztecan ethnic group

The Tohono O'odham are a Native American people of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands known for their deep cultural, spiritual, and agricultural ties to the Sonoran Desert.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation 0
O’odham peoples 4
Tohono O'odham Nation 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
Indian reservation ⓘ
Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Papago ⓘ
borderStraddlingPeople U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
surface form: United States–Mexico border
country Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalPractice O'odham language oral tradition ⓘ
basket weaving ⓘ
traditional song and dance ⓘ
culturalRegion southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest

Northwestern Mexico ⓘ
Oasisamerica ⓘ
enrolledMembers thousands of members ⓘ
ethnographicGroup O'odham peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Tohono O'odham Legislative Council ⓘ
hasCasinoEnterprise Gila River Hotels & Casinos ⓘ
surface form: Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment
hasFederallyRecognizedTribe Tohono O'odham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tohono O'odham Nation
historicalInteraction Catholic missions established by Eusebio Kino ⓘ
Spanish colonization in the 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ
language Tohono Oʼodham language ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Arizona ⓘ
Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ
Pima County, Arizona ⓘ
Pinal County, Arizona ⓘ
Sonoran Desert ⓘ
nativeName Tohono O'odham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tohono Oʼodham
notableIssue impacts of U.S.–Mexico border enforcement on community ⓘ
water rights and desert agriculture preservation ⓘ
populationCenter Sells, Arizona ⓘ
practicedReligion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
primaryReligion Traditional Oʼodham religion ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Akimel O'odham ⓘ
Hia C-ed O’odham ⓘ
surface form: Hia C-ed O'odham

Pima people NERFINISHED ⓘ
reservationArea Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation ⓘ
traditionalBelief ceremonies tied to saguaro cactus harvest ⓘ
spiritual connection to the Sonoran Desert ⓘ
traditionalCrop corn ⓘ
squash ⓘ
tepary beans ⓘ
traditionalFood saguaro fruit ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence dryland farming ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Arizona ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Pima → belongsToCulturalArea → Tohono O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: O’odham cultural area
Pima → closelyRelatedTo → Tohono O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tohono O’odham
Pima → ethnicGroupAssociated → Tohono O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: O’odham peoples
Tohono O'odham → hasFederallyRecognizedTribe → Tohono O'odham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tohono O'odham Nation
Sonoran Desert → hasIndigenousPeoples → Tohono O'odham ⓘ
Southern Uto-Aztecan → hasLanguage → Tohono O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: O’odham
lower Gila River → inhabitedBy → Tohono O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: O’odham peoples
this entity surface form: O’odham peoples
Pochutec → isRelatedTo → Tohono O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: O’odham
this entity surface form: O’odham
Tohono O'odham → nativeName → Tohono O'odham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tohono Oʼodham
Tucson → nearNativeAmericanNation → Tohono O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tohono O’odham Nation
Gila River Indian Community → partOf → Tohono O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: O’odham peoples
Pima people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tohono O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tohono O’odham
Yavapai people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tohono O'odham ⓘ
this entity surface form: O’odham people