Quechan
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: California, Arizona
The Quechan, or Yuma, tribe is one of the few that have never been relocated away from their ancestral land. Quechan territory lies around the confluence of the Gila and Colorado rivers. The Quechan came to this area between 1540 and 1700. (Although “Yuma” is essentially synonymous with Quechan, the term “Yuman” applies to a language group and to a number of tribes, including the Quechan, Maricopa, and Cocopa.)
The Quechan derived their subsistence from cultivating the rivers’ floodplains and from gathering wild fruits, nuts, and seeds. A popular wild food was mesquite,...
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