Tonto
1 Americannoun
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a federally recognized tribe of Apache people of Arizona.
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the Apache language of a federally recognized tribe of Arizona.
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Van der Werf said that she was denied entry at the Tonto National Monument, Saguaro National Park and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, according to the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
Tonto National Forest officials said they forwarded email queries from The Associated Press about the agency’s plans to their superiors.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023
Terry Rambler, chairman of the San Carlos Apache, said he had been calling Mr. Biden and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, whose agency oversees the Tonto National Forest where the proposed mining site sits.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021
Restaurants are always risky no matter where they're located, but Pine is surrounded by the Tonto National Forest.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2021
I think that as we listened to the William Tell Overture, we were supposed to be imagining the Lone Ranger and Tonto riding their horses through the desert.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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