Gila River Indian Community

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Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]

Gila River Indian Community
P.O. Box 97
Sacaton, Arizona 85147

The Reservation consists of 372,000 acres south of Phoenix, Arizona. The Reservation was established by an act of Congress in 1859 and in 1939 the Community adopted a constitution. he Gila River Indian Community is an alliance of two tribes, the Akimel O'odham (Pima) and the Pee Posh (Maricopa).[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]

Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Band[edit | edit source]

Reservations[edit | edit source]

Records[edit | edit source]

  • Records pertaining to the Indian Claims Commission, ca. 1786-1978. Beginning with FHL 6076201

Important Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_River_Indian_Community Wikipedia:Gila River Indian Community

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Gila River Indian Community. Anthropological Research Papers. 2006. WorldCat 649371138
  • Wells, E. Christian. From Hohokam to O'odham: The Protohistoric Occupation of the Middle Gila River Valley, Central Arizona. Sacaton, Ariz: Gila River Indian Community, Cultural Resource Management Program, 2006. WorldCat 70684461
  • Dawson, Robert, and Tammy LeRoy. Himdag-Yemathoy. Phoenix, AZ: RD Pub, 2003. WorldCat 298076000
  • Lewis, Rodney, John Palmer, and Leslie Sieveke. Oral History Interview. 1980. WorldCat 43097702
  • Ramsey, Robert E. An Oasis Remembered. Victoria, B.C.: Trafford, 2004. WorldCat 58051728