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The Colorado River Indian Tribes (Mojave language ' Aha Havasuu, Navajo language: Tó Ntsʼósíkooh Bibąąhgi Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Bináhásdzo) is a federally recognized tribe consisting of the four distinct ethnic groups associated with the Colorado River Indian Reservation: the Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi, and Navajo. The tribe has about ...
Mohave or Mojave (Mojave: ' Aha Makhav) are a Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert. The Fort Mojave Indian Reservation includes territory within the borders of California, Arizona, and Nevada. The Colorado River Indian Reservation includes parts of California and Arizona and is shared by members of the ...
Baby swaddled in rabbit robes in cradleboard. The Southern Paiute people / ˈpaɪjuːt / are a tribe of Native Americans who have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah. Bands of Southern Paiute live in scattered locations throughout this territory and have been granted federal recognition on ...
The Chemehuevi (/ ˌtʃɛmɪˈweɪvi / CHEH-mih-WAY-vee) are an indigenous people of the Great Basin. They are the southernmost branch of Southern Paiute. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] Today, Chemehuevi people are enrolled in the following federally recognized tribes: Colorado River Indian Tribes. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation.
The 1922 Colorado River Compact virtually ignored tribal communities, but amid drought, Indigenous leaders have gained a say in what happens next. Their pleas for water were long ignored. Now ...
The Colorado River Compact is a 1922 agreement that regulates water distribution among seven states in the southwestern United States. The contract is about the area within the drainage basin of the Colorado River. The agreement, originally proposed by attorney Delph Carpenter, [1] was signed at a meeting at Bishop's Lodge, near Santa Fe, New ...
The Chemehuevi Reservation borders the western shore of Lake Havasu. The Chemehuevi Reservation (34°24′42″N 114°21′21″W) is located in San Bernardino County, California, bordering Lake Havasu for 25 miles (40 km) and along the Colorado River. The reservation is 30,653 acres (12,405 ha) large and has a population of 345.
The Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest are those in the current states of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada in the western United States, and the states of Sonora and Chihuahua in northern Mexico. An often quoted statement from Erik Reed (1666) defined the Greater Southwest culture area as extending north to south ...