Mohave
Americannoun
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Mohaves,
plural
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Mohave
plural
adjective
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Colorado River
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the language of this people, belonging to the Yuman family
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The site is habitat for desert tortoises and Mohave ground squirrels, which are both listed as threatened under the state’s Endangered Species Act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
A man found dead by hikers in Arizona 47 years ago has been identified after authorities accessed national fingerprint records, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
The Mohave County Sheriff's Office have asked the public to contact them with any information about the case or any leads which could help find his surviving relatives.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
The remains were discovered on Nov. 23, 1976, in a desert area in northwestern Arizona, just east of Lake Mohave.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
“Myrtle,” he said, “we’ve driven across the Mohave Desert. We’ve been through thick and thin for over three thousand miles and here you are worrying about Shirls Avenue.”
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
The fires you mention indicate further hostile parties, 'Tonio insists not Mohaves.
From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Charles J. Post
"Then you knew the Apache Mohaves were in the Verde Valley—and in Dead Man's Cañon as late as last week—that they had raided Stoner's Ranch?"
From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Charles J. Post
They were Apaches and Mohaves under the leadership of a fine austere old Indian whom Iron Skull introduced to Jim as "Suma-theek."
From Still Jim by Honoré Morrow
Those occupied by the Mohaves, as described by Captain Sitgreave, are similar in character.
From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Lewis H. Morgan
Indians, numbering about 1,500, inhabit the country near the Colorado River, north of the Mohaves, ranging a considerable distance into the interior.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker
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