The Tohono O'Odham and Pimeria Alta
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McIntyre, Allan J. / Arizona Historical Society, PUBLISHER: Arcadia Publishing (SC), The Tohono Oaodham have lived in southern Arizonaas Sonoran Desert for millennia. Formerly known as the Papago, the people, acting as a nation in , voted to change the colonial applied name, Papago, to their true name, Tohono Oaodham, a name literally meaning adesert people.a Living within a region the Spanish termed Pimeria Alta, the Tohono Oaodham, from the time of Spanish Jesuit Kinoas first missionary efforts in the late s, have been witness to numerous governmental, philosophical, and religious intrusions. Yet throughout, they have adapted and survived. Today the Tohono Oaodham Nation occupies the second largest land reserve in the United States, covering more than 2.8 million acres. The images in this volume date largely between and , a period that documents great change in Tohono Oaodham traditions, culture, and identity.