Group
Pima people (Amerind tribe)
The Pima (or Akimel O'odham) are a group of American Indians living in an area consisting of what is now central and southern Arizona.
The long name, "Akimel O'odham", means "river people".
They are closely related to the Tohono O'odham (meaning "desert people", formerly known as Papagos) of Eastern Papagueria and the Hia C-ed O'odham ("Sand Dune People", formerly known as Sand Papagos or Sand Pimas) of the Western Papagueria.
They are also closely related to another river people, the Sobaipuri, whose descendants still reside on the San Xavier Indian Reservation or Wa:k (together with the Tohono O'odham).
The short name, "Pima" is believed to have come from the phrase pi 'añi mac or pi mac, meaning "I don't know," used repeatedly in their initial meeting with Europeans.
Member Cities
- Agua Caliente Springs San Diego California United States Location
- El Fuerte Sinaloa Mexico Location
- Fort Yuma Imperial California United States Location
- Gila River Indian Reservation Maricopa Arizona United States Location
- Maricopa Wells Pinal Arizona United States Location
- Queen Creek Maricopa Arizona United States Location
- San Diego San Diego California United States Location
- Victoria de Durango > Durango Durango Mexico Location