Pakit - Maricopa, Portfolio 2, Plate 70
TITLE
Pakit - Maricopa , Portfolio 2 , Plate 70
CREATOR
Curtis , Edward S. , 1868-1952
SUBJECT
Maricopa Indians
Browse Topic
Native Americans Society and culture
DESCRIPTION
“The Maricopa are a small tribe of Yuma stock living as neighbors of the Pima , chiefly in the valley of the Gila in southern Arizona , though a few make their home on the Salt River reservation east of Phoenix . Maricopa , Yuma , and Mohave tradition , while vague on the subject , relates that the Maricopa once lived on the Colorado river between the Mohave and the Yuma . Possibly they were a part of the latter , rather than a separate tribe . Enemies of both the Yuma and the Mohave , they were gradually forced from their home country to the Gila and up that stream . Their removal from the Colorado to their present home was not accomplished at one time , but represented a series of movements up the Gila , until eventually an alliance was made with their old-time enemies , the Pima – an alliance of great benefit to both tribes , for it enabled them more successfully to resist the marauding Apache . The Maricopa separation was much more recent than that of the Havasupai and Walapai from the parent body , for the Maricopa still bear close physical resemblance to their Yuma and Mohave kindred . Furthermore , the mythology of the Maricopa also indicates comparatively recent association with these two tribes . When noted by Father Garces , in 1775 , they had not progressed farther eastward than Gila Bend” (Curtis , The North American Indian , Volume 2 , page 81) .
TYPE
Image
RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
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DATE ORIGINAL
1907
Time Period
1900s (1900-1909)
ORIGINAL FORMAT
Photogravure
DIGITAL IDENTIFIER
plate_70.JPG
Date Digital
2012
DIGITAL FORMAT
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
REPOSITORY
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Arizona Capitol Museum Division.
Sort Order
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