An early 20th-century Yavapai basket bowl woven of willow and reed
Total population
1,551 (1992)
Regions with significant populations
United States ( Arizona)
Languages
Yavapai (three dialects of Upland Yuman language), English
Religion
Indigenous, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Havasupai, Hualapai, Mohave, Western Apache
The Yavapai (/ˈjævəˌpaɪˌ/YA-və-pye) are a Native American tribe in Arizona. Historically, the Yavapai – literally “people of the sun” (from Enyaava “sun” + Paay “people”)[1] – were divided into four geographical bands who identified as separate, independent peoples: the Ɖulv G’paaya, or Western Yavapai; the Yaavpe', or Northwestern Yavapai; the Gwev G’paaya, or Southeastern Yavapai; and the Wiipukpaa, or Northeastern Yavapai – Verde Valley Yavapai.
Another Yavapai band, which no longer exists, was the Mađqwarrpaa or "Desert People." Its people are believed to have mixed with the Mojave and Quechan peoples. The Yavapai have much in common with their linguistic relatives to the north, the Havasupai and the Hualapai.[2] Often the Yavapai were mistaken as Apache by American settlers, who referred to them as "Mohave-Apache," "Yuma-Apache," or "Tonto-Apache".[3]
Before the 1860s, when settlers began exploring for gold in the area, the Yavapai occupied an area of approximately 20,000 mi² (51800 km²) bordering 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.[4]
^Hodge, Frederick Webb (1968). Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Scholarly Press. p. 994.
The Yavapai (/ˈjævəˌpaɪˌ/ YA-və-pye) are a Native American tribe in Arizona. Historically, the Yavapai – literally “people of the sun” (from Enyaava “sun”...
The Yavapai Wars, or the Tonto Wars, were a series of armed conflicts between the Yavapai and Tonto tribes against the United States in the Arizona Territory...
Yavapai College is a public community college in Yavapai County, Arizona. The main campus is in Prescott, with locations in Clarkdale, Prescott Valley...
are federally recognized: Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation,...
Yavapai is an Upland Yuman language, spoken by Yavapai people in central and western Arizona. There are four dialects: Kwevkepaya, Wipukpaya, Tolkepaya...
Black Mountains (Yavapai County)–Yavapai County-(southwest county) Blackjack Mountains (Arizona)–Gila County Bradshaw Mountains–Yavapai County Brownell...
The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (Yavapai: A'ba:ja), formerly the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Community of the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, is a...
Valley Elementary School District #2 Yarnell Elementary School District #52 Yavapai Accommodation School District #99 Antelope Union High School District #50...
The Yavapai orogeny was an orogenic (mountain-building) event in what is now the Southwestern United States that occurred between 1710 and 1680 million...
chronostratigraphic unit is the Yavapai Series, which locally defines an interval of geologic time. The Yavapai Supergroup gives its name to the Yavapai orogeny, a major...
Reservation, which spans over three counties in Northern Arizona (Coconino, Yavapai, and Mohave). The name, meaning "people of the tall pines", is derived...
yavapai, the yavapai camel cricket, is a species of camel cricket in the family Rhaphidophoridae. It is found in North America. "Ceuthophilus yavapai...
Reservation, San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Yavapai-Apache Nation, Tonto Apache, and the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation are home to the majority of Western...
trail mark your location in time. The trail begins at "Today" near the Yavapai Geology Museum, and ends 2 billion years later at Verkamp's Visitor Center...
The Yavapai County Courthouse is located at 120 South Cortez Street in Prescott, Arizona. The current courthouse building was built in 1916. It was designed...
Global Information
United States (
Arizona)