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Cocopah Indians
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Basic Information
Cocopah Indians
Part of the Yuma family
Also known as the "Water people"
Almost everything we know from the Cocopah Indians is through:
- Word of mouth
- Observation
- Past down from generation to generation
BY: Francisco Alvarez
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Culture
Their culture was very simple
Had no central political leadership, a set religious or a written language
Wealth, class, profession, and association membership were absent
Each family in the tribe was responsible for their own substances and camps
Current State
Habitat
1,000 Cocopah Indians left
Cocopah reservation
-13 miles outside Yuma Arizona
Cocopah Official website
Habitat
Have long lived along the lower Colorado River and delta.
Historical records show that the Cocopah domain once included portions of Arizona, southern California and Sonora, Mexico.
Tribal ancestors (Yuma family) also lived along the Lower Colorado River region near the river delta and the Gulf of California.
Diet
Meetings & Ceremonies
Fiestas
-Where a big celebration
-Invited tribes around surrounding areas
-Small and large
Initiation ceremonies
-Boys and girls
-Initiated near the age of marriage
-Paid more attention to the boys (they became warriors)
-Initiation included the piercing of the septum
-Girls chins are tattooed
Diet depended on the season
Soil near river bank was very fertile
Mainly consisted of rice, corn, beans, pumpkins, watermelons, cactus fruit, fish, birds, bird eggs, and seeds
Meetings & Ceremonies
Funerals
Ceremony
- Plenty of food
- Laughter
- Music
- Jokes
Mourning Ceremony
- Painted deceased
- Burned body