Papago Indians

United States

Indigenous Peoples of the United States

Indigenous People of Arizona

Papago Indians

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Introduction

Ancestral Homeland: Sourthern Arizona

Various Names / Spellings: also known as Tohono O'odham

Tribal Headquarters

Tohono O'odham Nation
P. O. Box 837
Sells, AZ 85634
Phone: 520-383-2028
Website

Brief Timeline

1687: Father Eusebio Kino teaches the Papago to grow wheat, chickpeas, onions, and melons

1853: The Gadsden Purchase brings Papago lands to the United States

1876: The tribe makes peace with the Apache

1917: Sells Reservation established

1986: Tribe changes name from Papago to Tohono O'Odham

Reservations

Sells Reservation

Tohono O'odham Reservation

Agencies

Pima Agency

Superintendencies

New Mexico Superintendency

Arizona Superintendency

Records

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

• Allotment records
• Annuity rolls
• Census records
• Correspondence
• Health records
• Reports
• School census and records
• Vital records

Correspondence and Census Records

Tribe	Agence	Location of Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Number	FHL Film Number	Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 595 Roll Number	FHL Film Number
Papago	Pima Agency, 1901-51	Washington D.C. and Los Angeles	-	-	347-61, 478, 480-85	FHL Films: 579757-579770, and FHL 580740

Vital Records

• Pima Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1932, FHL 579766
• 1902 Populations For Indian Agencies
• IRA 1930s Population Estimates For Indian Agencies

Websites

• Tohon O'odham also know as Papago Tribe Wikipedia
• Constitution and By-Laws of the Papago Tribe Arizona. Approved January 6, 1937.
• Tohono O'odham Nation Official Website
• Tohono O'odham Tribe Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
• Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.

• Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
• Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006.

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