Indigenous people to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert
Mojave People
Henry Welshe, Mojave tribal chairman of Colorado River Indian Reservation council, c. 1944–46
Total population
2,000 (Golla, 2007);[1] 967 (1990)[2]
Regions with significant populations
United States (Arizona)
Languages
Mojave, English[1]
Religion
traditional tribal religion
Related ethnic groups
Maricopa, Walapai, Havasupai, and Yavapai[1]
Mohave or Mojave (Mojave: 'Aha Makhav) are a Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert. The Fort Mojave Indian Reservation includes territory within the borders of California, Arizona, and Nevada. The Colorado River Indian Reservation includes parts of California and Arizona and is shared by members of the Chemehuevi, Hopi, and Navajo peoples.
The original Colorado River and Fort Mojave reservations were established in 1865 and 1870, respectively. Both reservations include substantial senior water rights in the Colorado River; water is drawn for use in irrigated farming.
The four combined tribes sharing the Colorado River Indian Reservation function today as one geo-political unit known as the federally recognized Colorado River Indian Tribes; each tribe also continues to maintain and observe its individual traditions, distinct religions, and culturally unique identities.
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Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named for the indigenous Mohavepeople, it is located primarily in southeastern California and southwestern...
The Mohave War was an armed conflict between the Mohavepeople and the United States from 1858 to 1859. With the California Gold Rush of 1849, thousands...
them captive as slaves for one year before they traded them to the Mohavepeople,: 85 While Lorenzo exhaustively attempted to recruit governmental help...
the Mohavepeople on April 23, 1844, although these people lived two mountain ranges away on the Colorado River. He had met six traveling Mohaves that...
Tribe of Arizona, California, and Nevada (Mohave: Pipa Aha Macav), a federally recognized tribe of Mohavepeople. Native Americans occupy less than 50 percent...
boys until they became old enough for skirts and dresses. Among the Mohavepeople of the American Southwest, a breechcloth given to a young female symbolically...
to adjust sails while ships were under way and even in battle. The Mohavepeople occasionally used tug-of-war matches as means of settling disputes.[when...
importance of theories of suicide developed by indigenous peoples themselves. Lester reports that the Mohave attribute suicide to "excessive individualism," or...
Crotalus scutulatus is known commonly as the Mohave Rattlesnake. Other common English names include Mojave Rattlesnake and, referring specifically to the...
USS Mohave (AT-15) was a Arapaho-class fleet tug of the United States Navy. The unnamed steel-hulled Fleet Tug No.15 was laid down on 16 December 1913...
river after Thomas Virgin, who was badly wounded in an 1827 attack by Mohavepeople during the crossing of the Mojave Desert. Virgin recovered from his...
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Arizona)