- Cocopah
The Cocopah are a Native American peoples that live in
Baja California ,Mexico , and some emigated and settled on the lower reaches of theColorado River . They are aYuman people. As of the 2000 census a resident population of 1,025 persons, of whom 519 were solely of Native American heritage, lived on the 25.948 km² (10.0185 sq mi) Cocopah Indian Reservation, which is composed of several non-contiguous sections inYuma County, Arizona , lying southwest and northwest of the city of Yuma,Arizona , USA. There is a casino and bingo hall on the reservation. Another Yuman peoples, theQuechan , lives in the adjacentFort Yuma Indian Reservation . Their heritage language is theCocopah language . They sometimes wear grass skirts.References
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P003&-tree_id=4001&-transpose=N&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=Y&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=25000US0695&-search_results=27300US0695040279326499999&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Cocopah Reservation, Arizona] United States Census Bureau
Bibliography
* Kelly, William H. (1977). "Cocopa ethnography". Anthropological papers of the University of Arizona (No. 29). Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-0496-2.
External links
*http://www.cocopah.com/
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