Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation

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Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation

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Tribal Headquarters

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
17661 E. Yavapai Road
Fort McDowell, AZ 85264
Phone: 480-789-7000
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 17779
Fountain Hills, AZ 85269
Website

Reservations

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Reservation

Records

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters. They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

• Allotment records
• Annuity rolls
• Census records
• Correspondence
• Health records
• Reports
• School census and records
• Vital records

Census Records

Indian census roll, Hualapai Agency, Hackberry, Arizona, 1896-1898, United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia, The National Archives, 1965. FS Library 576885 Items 1-2 to FS Library 576885 Items 5-6

Land Records

Land Records: Tribal land: 24,680 acres. Some land lost by the building of the Orme Dam.

Websites

• Constitution of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
• Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Official Website

Bibliography

• Arizona. Indian Community Profiles. [Phoenix, Ariz.]: Arizona Dept. of Commerce, 2006. (WorldCat|610572973}}
• Chaudhuri, Jonodev Osceola. The Yavapai of Fort McDowell: An Outline of Their History and Culture. Mesa, AZ: Mead Pub, 1995. WorldCat 51957085
• Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community of the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Arizona, and Arizona Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. The Fort McDowell Newsletter. Fountain Hills, AZ: Southwest Marketing, 1996. WorldCat 437125761
• Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community of the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Arizona. Fort McDowell Community Newsletter. Fountain Hills, AZ: [Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community of the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Arizona], 1976. WorldCat 303676803
• Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona. Constitution of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. Fountain Hills, Az: Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, 2004. WorldCat 70870240
• Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce, Arizona Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, and Hennen Publishing & Marketing Group. Fountain Hills & Fort McDowell: Official Visitors Guide. Fountain Hills, Ariz: Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce Visitors Bureau, 2000. WorldCat 662357839
• Heider, Karl G. Fort McDowell Yavapai Acculturation: a Preliminary Study. 1956. WorldCat 79615044
• Khera, Sigrid. The Yavapai of Fort McDowell: An Outline of Their History and Culture. S.l: s.n.], 1977. WorldCat 4213673
• Mariella, Patricia S. The Political Economy of Federal Resettlement Policies Affecting Native American Communities: The Fort McDowell Yavapai Case. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Arizona State University, 1983, 1985. WorldCat 12773294
• Ray, Karen, Luther Sweet, and Jacquelyn McCalvin. Speak Yavapai right now: conversational words and phrases in the Yavapai language. A shortcut to speaking Yavapai words in English. Denver: Outskirts Press, Inc, 2009. WorldCat 692197681
• Ruland-Thorne, Kate, and Aliza Caillou. Yavapai: The People of the Red Rocks, the People of the Sun. Sedona, Ariz: Thorne Enterprises Publications, 1993. WorldCat 29216774 FS Library 970.3 Y28r
• Sparks, Jeffrey L. The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation in the Twentieth Century. Thesis (M.S.)--Arizona State University, 2006, 2006. WorldCat 233575239