Tohono O'odham
noun
To·ho·no O'odham
tō-ˈhō-nō- 
plural Tohono O'odham
: a member of an Indigenous people of southwestern Arizona and northwestern Mexico
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The Santa Cruz has provided water to people living in the region for more than 12,000 years, including the Tohono O'odham Nation.
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USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
Hundreds of Mexican troops and Tohono O'odham fighters took up positions in and around the town's famous church, which was founded in the late 17th century by Father Eusebio Kino.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
The potential range of the bird includes Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise and Yuma counties, though most of the observed nests are in the Altar Valley, northeast from Sasabe, as well as the Tohono O'odham Nation lands and Avra Valley.
—The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2023
The casino is going up on 110 acres of land that were taken into trust by the federal government for the Tohono O'odham Nation.
—Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
Some reference natural history, such as nearby Sentinel Peak, once the site of a major Tohono O'odham village.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
Two years earlier, a few hundred miles to the south, astronomers and tribal guides from the surrounding Tohono O'odham nation had ridden on horseback to the top of Kitt Peak, exchanging Western and Indigenous star stories by a campfire at the summit.
—Joshua Sokol, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022
The University of Arizona -- which sits on lands once inhabited by the Pima, Yuman, Tohono O'odham, Navajo and Apache peoples -- received more than 143,000 acres as part of the Morrill Act and raised nearly $450,000 in endowment principal, according to High Country News data.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 29 June 2022
The Tohono O'odham reservation, which covers an area larger than Rhode Island and Delaware, has no home delivery and only one post office.
—Michael Ritter, The Conversation, 1 July 2021
USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
Hundreds of Mexican troops and Tohono O'odham fighters took up positions in and around the town's famous church, which was founded in the late 17th century by Father Eusebio Kino.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
The potential range of the bird includes Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise and Yuma counties, though most of the observed nests are in the Altar Valley, northeast from Sasabe, as well as the Tohono O'odham Nation lands and Avra Valley.
—The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2023
The casino is going up on 110 acres of land that were taken into trust by the federal government for the Tohono O'odham Nation.
—Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
Some reference natural history, such as nearby Sentinel Peak, once the site of a major Tohono O'odham village.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
Two years earlier, a few hundred miles to the south, astronomers and tribal guides from the surrounding Tohono O'odham nation had ridden on horseback to the top of Kitt Peak, exchanging Western and Indigenous star stories by a campfire at the summit.
—Joshua Sokol, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022
The University of Arizona -- which sits on lands once inhabited by the Pima, Yuman, Tohono O'odham, Navajo and Apache peoples -- received more than 143,000 acres as part of the Morrill Act and raised nearly $450,000 in endowment principal, according to High Country News data.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 29 June 2022
The Tohono O'odham reservation, which covers an area larger than Rhode Island and Delaware, has no home delivery and only one post office.
—Michael Ritter, The Conversation, 1 July 2021
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