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Yavapai
Indigenous people from Arizona / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Yavapai (disambiguation).
The Yavapai (/ˈjævəˌpaɪˌ/ YAV-ə-PY) are a Native American tribe in Arizona. Their Yavapai language belongs to the Pai branch of the Yuman language family.
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![]() An early 20th-century Yavapai basket bowl woven of willow and reed | |
Total population | |
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1,550 (1992)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
United States (Arizona) | |
Languages | |
Yavapai (three dialects of Upland Yuman language), English | |
Religion | |
Indigenous religion, Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Havasupai, Hualapai, Mohave, Western Apache |
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Today Yavapai people are enrolled in the following federally recognized tribes:
- Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
- Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation
- Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
The Yavapai historically controlled about 10 million acres of land in west-central Arizona.[1] Their lands bordered the San Francisco Peaks to the north, the Pinaleno Mountains and Mazatzal Mountains to the southeast, and the Colorado River to the west, and almost to the Gila River and the Salt River to the south.[2]
The Yavapai historically were divided into geographically distinct bands or subtribes: