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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting desert regions of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico.
- noun The Uto-Aztecan language of this people, closely related to Pima.
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- noun A person of Tohono O'Odham, Akimel O'Odham, or otherwise O'Odham ancestry, Tohono O'Odham are formerly known as the
Papago . The Akimel O'Odham are formerly known as the Pima. - proper noun The
indigenous Uto-Aztecan language of the O'Odham.
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Examples
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To read more about this particular resistance and to assist with the fines and possible criminal charges they are facing, go to O'odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective or contact Leilani Clark at (520) 982-5687.
Archive 2010-05-01 2010
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The O'odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective, whose members participated last Friday's occupation of Arizona Border Patrol Headquarters, have released a video of their action.
First Nations People Saying No To Arizona's Community Destruction 2010
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The O'odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective, whose members participated last Friday's occupation of Arizona Border Patrol Headquarters, have released a video of their action.
Archive 2010-05-01 2010
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To read more about this particular resistance and to assist with the fines and possible criminal charges they are facing, go to O'odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective or contact Leilani Clark at (520) 982-5687.
First Nations People Saying No To Arizona's Community Destruction 2010
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"Wax on, wax off," my O'odham friend mused, referring to famous line in the popular Karate Kid film.
Jeff Biggers: Dear Gov. Jan Brewer: Wax On, Wax Off, Or, Welcome to Arizona, Now Go Home 2010
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My O'odham friend was fond of the popular slogan in those days: Welcome to Arizona, Now Go Home.
Jeff Biggers: Dear Gov. Jan Brewer: Wax On, Wax Off, Or, Welcome to Arizona, Now Go Home 2010
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At least four Indian nations, including the Kootenai of Idaho; the Pasqua Yaqui of Arizona; the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona and Mexico; and the Seneca of New York have been working with federal officials to develop ID cards that meet new security guidelines, but they would be good only for arrivals in the U.S. by land or sea, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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For my O'odham friend, whose indigenous community has resided on both sides of the Arizona and Mexico border for centuries, the Japanese internment camp was just one episode in Arizona's (and our nation's) long and twisted history of anti-immigrant spasms.
Jeff Biggers: Dear Gov. Jan Brewer: Wax On, Wax Off, Or, Welcome to Arizona, Now Go Home 2010
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An O'odham elder on the Gila River Indian Community took pity on me, though, and taught me a bit of Arizona history.
Jeff Biggers: Dear Gov. Jan Brewer: Wax On, Wax Off, Or, Welcome to Arizona, Now Go Home 2010
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Brewer, I thought of my O'odham friend when I read your outrageous comments that Arizona has been "under terrorist attack" by undocumented workers, and that the majority of illegal immigrants are "drug mules."
Jeff Biggers: Dear Gov. Jan Brewer: Wax On, Wax Off, Or, Welcome to Arizona, Now Go Home 2010
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