Gila River region

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The Gila River region is a historically significant area of the Sonoran Desert in present-day Arizona, centered around the Gila River and long inhabited and cultivated by the Pima (Akimel O’odham) people.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Gila River region canonical 6
Gila River Valley 3
Gila River valley 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Maricopa people ⓘ
Pima people ⓘ
borderedBy Sonoran Desert landscapes ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
contains Gila River Indian Community ⓘ
irrigated fields ⓘ
riparian habitats ⓘ
traditional Pima villages ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ecosystem desert riparian corridor ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Akimel O’odham ⓘ
linked to: Akimel O'odham

Pima people ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
hasHeritage O’odham cultural heritage ⓘ
Pima cultural heritage ⓘ
hasIndigenousName Akimel O’odham ⓘ
linked to: Akimel O'odham
hasLandUse reservation lands ⓘ
tribal lands ⓘ
hasMainWaterSource Gila River ⓘ
hasRiver Gila River ⓘ
historicallySignificantFor indigenous irrigation agriculture ⓘ
interaction between Native communities and U.S. expansion ⓘ
trade routes in the Sonoran Desert ⓘ
historicalPeriod Mexican period ⓘ
Spanish colonial era ⓘ
U.S. territorial period ⓘ
pre-contact era ⓘ
inhabitedBy Akimel O’odham ⓘ
linked to: Akimel O'odham

Pima people ⓘ
knownFor O’odham agriculture ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
prehistoric canal systems ⓘ
languageAssociated O’odham language ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Sonoran Desert ⓘ
United States ⓘ
namedAfter Gila River ⓘ
partOf American Southwest ⓘ
Arizona Territory (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Arizona Territory

Lower Colorado River Basin ⓘ
traditional homelands of the Akimel O’odham ⓘ
relatedTo Gila River Indian Community Reservation ⓘ
usedFor farming ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
waterRightsIssue Gila River water adjudications ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pima → traditionalTerritory → Gila River region ⓘ
Gila River → namedAfter → Gila region ⓘ
linked to: Gila River region
Coolidge Dam → riverBasin → Gila River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Gila River region
Coolidge Dam → providesIrrigationTo → Gila River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Gila River region
Safford, Arizona → locatedInValley → Gila Valley ⓘ
linked to: Gila River region
Papago → historicalTerritory → Gila River region ⓘ
Akimel O'odham → traditionalRegion → Gila River valley ⓘ
linked to: Gila River region
Cliff, New Mexico → region → Gila River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Gila River region
Glenwood, New Mexico → locatedIn → Gila River valley ⓘ
linked to: Gila River region
Mogollon region → hasSubregion → Upper Gila region ⓘ
linked to: Gila River region
Bedonkohe band → region → Gila River region ⓘ
Gila Gravity Main Canal → namedAfter → Gila River region ⓘ
Salt River region → relatedTo → Gila River region ⓘ
Sierra Estrella → hasViewOf → Gila River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Gila River region