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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State wildlife officials told The Times that the company must still relocate any desert tortoises or Mohave ground squirrels, which are listed as threatened under California law, that are found during construction.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 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
He visited the Mohave Desert and saw a stretch of land called Tri-State was unoccupied.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
By this time of day, everything— from the windows of the two-story buildings to the red lanterns strung up for tourists—had been covered in the dust that somehow drifted in from the Mohave.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
"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
Three miles above, the Patties camped, and a number of the Mohaves soon came to see them.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
They belong to the Yuman family, and are kin to the Wallapais, the Mohaves, Yumas and Cocopahs of the Colorado River.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by George Wharton James
Proceeding down the Colorado to the Mohaves he was kindly received by them and remained some time recuperating his stock.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
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