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The Pima Villages and some of their lands were included in the Gila River Indian Reservation in 1859. An Indian Agency was established at Casa Blanca with Silas St. John, (station agent of the Butterfield Overland Mail at Casa Blanca Station), appointed on February 18, 1859, as Special Agent for the Pima and Maricopa Indians.
The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) (O'odham language: Keli Akimel Oʼotham, meaning "Gila River People", Maricopa language: Pee-Posh) is an Indian reservation in the U.S. state of Arizona, lying adjacent to the south side of the cities of Chandler and Phoenix, within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area in Pinal and Maricopa counties.
It was located within the Gila River Indian Reservation (over their objections) near the town of Sacaton, about 30 mi (48.3 km) southeast of Phoenix. With a peak population of 13,348, it became the fourth-largest city in the state, operating from May 1942 to November 16, 1945.
Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table — often, about his tribe's water. Years later, Stephen would become governor of the tribe, whose reservation is about ...
The Hohokam Pima National Monument is an ancient Hohokam village within the Gila River Indian Community, near present-day Sacaton, Arizona.The monument features the archaeological site Snaketown 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, [6] designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. [3]
The Pima Villages and some of their lands were included in the Gila River Indian Reservation in 1859. An Indian Agency was established at Casa Blanca with Silas St. John , (station agent of the Butterfield Overland Mail at Casa Blanca Station ), appointed on February 18, 1859, as Special Agent for the Pima and Maricopa Indians.
The community is among 19 tribes in 10 states nationwide to share in nearly $77 million in federal grants, and the the only tribe in Arizona. Gila River Indian Community receives $4.4 million ...
The federal government has made record funding available for water-saving projects, including a $233 million pact with the Gila River Indian Community to conserve about two feet of water in Lake ...