Cocopah
The Cocopah are a Native American peoples that live in Baja California, Mexico, and some emigated and settled on the lower reaches of the Colorado River. They are a Yuman people. As of the 2000 census a resident population of 1,025 persons, of whom 519 were solely of Native American heritage, lived on the 25.948 km² (10.0185 sq mi) Cocopah Indian Reservation, which is composed of several non-contiguous sections in Yuma County, Arizona, lying southwest and northwest of the city of Yuma, Arizona, USA. There is a casino and bingo hall on the reservation. Another Yuman peoples, the Quechan, lives in the adjacent Fort Yuma Indian Reservation. Their heritage language is the Cocopah language.
References
- Cocopah Reservation, Arizona United States Census Bureau
Bibliography
- Kelly, William H. (1977). Cocopa ethnography. Anthropological papers of the University of Arizona (No. 29). Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-0496-2.
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