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Cocopah Reservation (Indian reservation (Native American reservation)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 37 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.6167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 114 45 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -114.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: This is a federally-recognized reservation stewarded by the Cocopah Indian Tribe. It comprises three noncontiguous bodies of land known as the North, West, and East Reservations, which together span 6,500 acres along the Colorado River in Yuma County, Arizona. The reservation was first established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917 through Executive Order No. 2711.This Order specifically established the West and East Reservationss. In accordance with the 1985 Cocopah Land Acquisition Bill, signed by President Ronald Reagan, the Tribe was able to acquire the North Reservation of 4,200 acres. |
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| Cocopah Reservation (preferred,C,V,English-P,U)
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| Cocopah Indian Reservation (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Cocopa Reservoir (C,V,English,U,N)
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| East Cocopah Reservation (C,V,English,U,N)
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| East Cocopah (C,V,English,U)
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| West Cocopah Reservation (C,V,English,U,N)
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| West Cocopah (C,V,English,U)
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| North Cocopah Reservation (C,V,English,U)
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| North Cocopah (C,V,English,U)
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| Yuma Indian Reservation (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Cocopah Tribe Reservation (C,V,English,U)
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Yuma (county) (P) |
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| Indian reservation (Native American reservation) (preferred, C) |
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| inhabited place (C) |
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