Northern Mexico and the US Southwest
Cocopah
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Lands
Lower Colorado River and delta: south of Yuma and near Somerton, Arizona, US, and the Mexicali valley of Baja California and San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico
Countries United States, Mexico
Facts 3
Today
About 1,000 Cocopah tribal members live and work on or near their reservation south of Yuma, Arizona, which was established in 1917.
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Today
Since 2003 the Cucapá of El Mayor, Baja California, and the Cocopah of Somerton, Arizona, have met each year with dances, songs, crafts and food.
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History
The Cocopah, known as the River People, have lived along the lower Colorado River and its delta for centuries.
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