Yavapai
Americannoun
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a member of a tribe of North American Indians who live in Arizona.
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the Yuman language of the Yavapai.
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“I call it a tourist trap because it’s really overcrowded,” said Gertrude Smith, Yavapai culture director for the Yavapai-Apache Nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
If they followed the rules, they could see their baby three times a week, but they would have to do so in D.C.S.’s Yavapai County office.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said that Steven Jackson, 66, was drinking coffee in his yard near the Groom Creek area just south of Prescott when the male bear launched its surprise attack.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
The victim, 66-year-old Steven Jackson of Tucson, was at his campsite when he became entangled with the animal around 8 a.m., the Yavapai County Sheriff’s office said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Day after day the rancher appeared in Yavapai, each time going directly to the hotel and to Ann.
From Bruce of the Circle A by Titus, Harold
The tribes residing in the Territory of Arizona are the Pimas and Maricopas, Papagoes, Mohaves, Moquis, and Orivas Pueblos, Yumas, Yavapais, Hualapais, and different bands of the Apaches.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Walker, Francis Amasa
He then asked where we were from and where we were going, and informed us that they were Yavapais on a hunting expedition.
From Captured by the Navajos by Curtis, Charles A. (Charles Albert)
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