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Tempe
Tempe , city (1990 pop. 141,865), Maricopa co., S Ariz., in the Salt River valley, a suburb of Phoenix ; inc. 1894. Its population has grown markedly since the 1970s with the expansion of the greater Phoenix area. Tempe is a health resort and an agricultural center, with lands irrigated by the Salt... Read more
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Pima-Papago
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Pima-Papago ETHNONYMS: O'odham, Upper Pirnas; including, at different times...called Papabota, Sobaipuri, Soba, Gileno, Piato, Areneno, Pima, Papago, Sand Papago, Akimel O'odham (river people), and Tohono O'odham (desert...
Papago
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Papago Piman-speaking tribe of Native North Americans who inhabited the Gila and Santa Cruz river valleys of s Arizona, and n Sonora, Mexico. Today c. 11,000 Papago people live s of Tucson, Arizona.
Tohono O'Odham
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Tohono O'Odham or Papago , Native North Americans speaking a language that...See R. M. Underhill, Social Organization of the Papago Indians (1939, repr. 1969); J. Waddell, Papago Indians at Work (1969); B. Fontanta, Of Earth...
Phoenix: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...since 1939 is the Desert Botanical Garden on 50 acres of Papago Park, containing 10,000 desert plants that represent...the 1,800 existing species of cactus. Also located in Papago Park is the Phoenix Zoo, a privately funded, non-profit...
Phoenix
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities ...Phoenix Mountain Preserve encircles the city. Highways The major interstate highways running through Phoenix are I-10 (the Papago Freeway) and I-17 (the Black Canyon Freeway), which intersect in the city to form the Maricopa Freeway. (South of the...
Opata
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...University of Arizona, Anthropological Papers, no. 4. Hinton, Thomas B. (1969). "Remnant Tribes in Sonora: Opata, Pima, Papago, and Seri." In Handbook of Middle American Indians, edited by Robert Wauchope. Vol. 8, Ethnology, Part Two, edited...
Tepehuan of Durango
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...part of the state of Jalisco than to the three other languages (Northern Tepehuan, its dosest living relative; Pima; and Papago of Sonora and southern Arizona) that make up the Tepiman or Piman Branch of the Sonoran Division of the Uto-Aztecan Family...
Arizona
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States Arizona State of Arizona ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: Probably from the Pima or Papago Indian word arizonac , meaning "place of small springs." NICKNAME: The Grand Canyon State. CAPITAL: Phoenix. ENTERED UNION...
Pima
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Pima Tribe of Native North Americans speaking an Uto-Aztecan tongue, and closely related to the Papago. They occupied the Gila and Salt river valleys in s Arizona, where some 8000 still reside today. They are the descendents of the ancient Hohokam people.
Street Games
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...curator who worked for the Smithsonian Institution and later the Brooklyn Museum, described how bison anklebones were used by Papago Indians in yet another variation of jacks. Folklorists in late-twentieth-century New York City found children in Chinatown...

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Papago
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...n. ( pl. same or -gos ) 1. a member of an American Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Sonora. 2. a dialect of the Uto-Aztecan Pima-Papago language. • adj. of or relating to this people or their language.
Bryan, Kirk
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1917. The study “ Erosion and Sedimentation in the Papago Country, Arizona ” was a byproduct of a survey of...accounted for the dissection of many of the pediments in the Papago country. In that same study he outlined what came to be known...
Akimel O'odham and Tohono O'odham
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...and Tohono O'odham (Desert People, previously known as Papago) are the quintessential inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert of...valleys of northern Sonora and south-central Arizona. The Papago moved from winter villages near springs to summer field camps...
Arizona
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...and Yuma nations along the Colorado River; the Yavapai and Apache in the central and eastern mountains; and the Pima and Papago (possible descendants of the Hohokam) located in the central river valleys. Spanish and Mexican Era (1539 – 1846...
Gambling
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...man. They just moved. But there were some men who would not bet their wives, and fatal fights sometimes ensued. The Zuni, Papago, and Hopi Indians liked to bet on foot races. Other tribes used hand games, the equivalent of, "Button, button, who...
Camp Grant Massacre
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...1871 of more than 100 Apaches, mostly women and children, who had been given asylum there. The perpetrators were members of the Tucson Committee of Public Safety, aided by a force of Papago Indians, the Apaches' long-time enemies.
Martino, Steve
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Martino, Steve (1947– ). American land-scape-architect, known for desert gardens. He designed Papago Park which lies between Phoenix and Scottsdale, AZ (early 1990s). Bibliography personal knowledge
Irrigation
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...dams small by modern standards, these indigenous societies maintained thousands of acres under irrigation for centuries. The Papago and Pueblo nations later practiced similar techniques, though they generally irrigated only smaller fields near arroyo mouths...
Tucson
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History TUCSON TUCSON, the second-largest city in Arizona, takes its name from a Tohono O'Odham (Papago) Indian village that stood at the base of Stjukshon Mountain, later known as Sentinel Peak. Situated in the lower Sonoran Desert...
Pima
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...Pima living chiefly along the Gila and Salt rivers of southern Arizona, and the Lower Pima of central Sonora. 2. the Uto-Aztecan languages of these peoples. See Papago . • adj. of or relating to this people or their language.

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Papago course to see $10 million face-lift: Phoenix looking for partner to help restore classic site.
Newspaper article from: Tribune (Mesa, AZ); 3/5/2006; 700+ words ; ...renovation in 43 years is being planned for Papago Golf Course in Phoenix, with up to...it back to its national prominence." Papago Golf, which opened in 1963, is publicly...Mesa said. Lake said he has golfed at Papago for nearly 40 years and enjoys it because...
PAPAGO PARK.
Magazine article from: Parks & Recreation; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the jewels of the Valley of the Sun: Papago Park. Operating under the Phoenix Parks, Recreation, and Library Department, Papago was the home of a National Day of Service...within the desert terrain. In 1914, Papago was originally designated as the Papago...
Asmat, Papago join operations.(News)
Magazine article from: Plastics News; 1/6/2003; 700+ words ; ...Sister tooling companies Asmat Inc. and Papago Plastics Inc. have merged their operations...in Rochester, N.Y., shutting down Papago's separate building 10 miles away...under common management, Andolina said. Papago primarily is known as a maker of aluminum...
Papago goals spur worry: Neighbors of scenic park fret over development proposals.
Newspaper article from: Tribune (Mesa, AZ); 4/29/2006; 700+ words ; Byline: Shanna Hogan Apr. 29--Papago Park is a 1,600-acre window to the...Scottsdale, we don't want anything done with Papago Park," said Lida Stewart, member of...council began organizing efforts to protect Papago after hearing about development suggestions...
FOSTER GROUP BUYS PAPAGO
Magazine article from: Plastics News; 6/22/1998; ; 688 words ; Papago Plastics Inc. has joined Foster Group, giving that company...injection molding. Foster Group of Rochester, N.Y., bought Papago in late May for undisclosed terms. Papago specializes in product design, prototype tooling and parts...
Scenic park's neighbors fret about development proposals: Papago goals spur worry.
Newspaper article from: Tribune (Mesa, AZ); 4/27/2006; 700+ words ; Byline: Shanna Hogan Apr. 27--Papago Park is a 1,600-acre window to the...Scottsdale, we don't want anything done with Papago Park," said Lida Stewart, member of...council began organizing efforts to protect Papago after hearing about development suggestions...
Ex-Papago owner forms mold maker.(Cover Story)(Aluminum Injection Mold Co.)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Plastics News; 1/13/2003; ; 700+ words ; Byline: Joseph Pryweller Former Papago Plastics Inc. owner David Bank is back...Mold Co. by early February at the former Papago site in Rochester, N.Y., he said...more work go offshore.'' Bank sold Papago, a maker of prototype and short-run...
Teak sandstone creates innovative office design: the Papago Gateway Center--the first mixed-use wet lab building in Tempe, AZ--applied stone in original ways to help support the structure and create landmarks for people who would use the building.(Commercial Stonework)(Papago Gateway Center)
Magazine article from: Stone World; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Papago Gateway Center recently became the...the desert landscape of the nearby Papago Buttes, but also for its texture...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Design plans for the Papago Gateway Center, which totals 267...
Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park Hosts Landmark 'Sights & Sound' Photographic Exhibit Featuring Refugee Households in Metropolitan Phoenix.
Newspaper article from: Science Letter; 4/21/2009; 700+ words ; ...the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park on April 16. This "sight and sound...also Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park). Metropolitan Phoenix is a major...Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park. The exhibit is produced in association...
EDITORIAL: Papago's future: Papago's future.(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Tribune (Mesa, AZ); 5/2/2006; 694 words ; May 02--Some ideas about improving Papago Park that were released late last year...increased use by cars and people. Leaving Papago Park alone may ultimately leave it in...greater public enjoyment. In reviewing Papago Park, our thoughts include looking at...