The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation is a 950-member Native American tribe which calls Central Arizona?s upper Sonoran Desert home. The tribe which once roamed over 12 million acres now owns just 24,000 acres in northeastern Maricopa County 35 miles from Phoenix. The Fort Mc Dowell Yavapai, the ?Abaja - the people? are one of three Yavapai tribes in Arizona. The Yavapai are among the Yuman-speaking peoples
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