Pimería Alta
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The Pimería Alta was an area of the 18th century New Navarre province in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, that encompassed parts of what are today southern Arizona in the United States and northern Sonor
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, near Coolidge, Arizona. Produced by the Hohokam, it is one example of pre-contact indigenous settlements in the region built before the Colonial period.
Overhead photo of the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson in Tucson, Arizona.
Frontal view of the Mission San Xavier del Bac near Tucson, Arizona. It is one of several missions founded in the Pimería Alta that continue to function.
Tohono Oʼodham
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The Tohono O'odham are a Native American people of the Sonoran Desert, residing primarily in the U.S. state of Arizona and the northern Mexican state of Sonora. The United States federally recognized
Pimería Alta
…diverse array of indigenous tribes. Upon the arrival of the Spaniards, these tribes included: [The] Pápagos (now considered a derogatory term for the Tohono O’odham); Pimas, Sobaipuris, and Gileños (Akimel O’odham); Sobas and Areneños (possibly Hia Ced O’odham); and the Yuman-speaking Coco-maricopas and Opas…
Jose Lewis, Tohono O'odham, 1907 or earlier, Smithsonian Institution
San Xavier del Bac
Shrine at Covered Wells, Arizona
Tohono O'odham basket maker weaving, Arizona. Photograph by H. T. Cory, 1916.