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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.
The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (Yavapai: A'ba:ja), formerly the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Community of the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, is a federally recognized tribe and Indian reservation in Maricopa County, Arizona about 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Phoenix.
Phoenix Ruins. A National Historic Landmark. Sierra Ancha: Salado: Cliff dwellings Ruins. Sliding House: Navajo land Ruins located in Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Snaketown: Phoenix: Ruins. Located in the Hohokam Pima National Monument, it is listed as a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places ...
The dining hall of the Phoenix Indian School In addition to direct conflicts, other aspects of the United States' policy toward Native peoples profoundly affected Arizona Natives' way of life. The establishment of reservations, beginning with the Gila River Indian Community in 1859, sometimes involved the resettlement of indigenous groups away ...
Tribal land. This is a list of Native American reservations in the U.S. state of Arizona. List of reservations. Official name Tribe(s) Endonym Est. Pop.
Navajo law enforcement teams made contact with several hundred Native Americans from various tribes who are living on the streets in the metro Phoenix area, after the state cracked down on ...
The community is divided into seven districts (similar to states) with a council representing individual subgovernments. It is self-governed by an elected Governor (currently Gregory Mendoza), Lieutenant Governor (currently Stephen Roe-Lewis) and 18-member Tribal Council. The council is elected by district with the number of electees determined ...
The tribal elementary school and Salt River Accelerated Learning Academy, a charter high school, [14] which functions as an alternative school for students deemed "at-risk", [15] are, along with the former Salt River High School, part of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community Schools system, [16] or Salt River Schools. [17]