Yavapai-Prescott Tribe

Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
Total population
Flag of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
under 200
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Yavapai, English
Religion
Indigenous religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
other Yavapai people

The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, formerly known as the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation, a federally recognized tribe of Yavapai people.^[1] Fewer than 200 people are enrolled in the tribe.

Reservation

The Yavapai reservation is approximately 1,413 acres (5.72 km²) in central Yavapai County in west-central Arizona.

Government

The tribe is headquartered in Prescott, Arizona. Their current tribal president is Ernest Jones.^[1]

Economic development

The tribe has a shopping center, two casinos, and a hotel where the reservation abuts State Highway 69 at Prescott, Arizona. A business park is on the reservation off State Highway 89 north of Prescott. The 2000 census reported a resident population of 182 persons on the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Reservation, 117 of whom were of solely Native American heritage.

On March 27, 2014, the tribe announced plans to build a new casino on the corner of Yavpe Connector and Highway 69 in Prescott. The new casino will replace the existing two casinos (Yavapai and Bucky's) and feature 50,000 square feet of gaming floor, which is twice as big as the two current casinos combined, multiple restaurants, a venue for small events and concerts and more. Construction is scheduled to start toward the end of 2014 and be complete by the end of 2016.

Services

Law enforcement services are provided by the Yavapai-Prescott Tribal Police Department.

Notable tribal members

Viola Jimulla (1878–1966), chief of the Prescott Yavapai from 1940 to 1966.

Notes

1 2 "Tribal Directory." National Congress of American Indians. Accessed 6 March 2014.

References

Yavapai-Prescott Reservation, Arizona United States Census Bureau

External links

Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, official website

Indian reservations in Arizona

Ak-Chin Cocopah Colorado River Fort Apache Fort McDowell Yavapai Fort Mojave Fort Yuma Gila River Havasupai Hopi Hualapai Kaibab Navajo Pascua Yaqui Salt River Pima–Maricopa San Carlos Apache Tohono O'odham Tohono O'odham proper San Xavier Tonto Apache Yavapai-Apache Yavapai-Prescott Zuni

See also: Indigenous peoples of Arizona

Municipalities and communities of Yavapai County, Arizona, United States

County seat: Prescott

Cities	Cottonwood Peoria‡ Prescott Sedona‡

Towns	Camp Verde Chino Valley Clarkdale Dewey-Humboldt Jerome Prescott Valley Wickenburg‡

CDPs	Ash Fork Bagdad Black Canyon City Congress Cordes Lakes Cornville Lake Montezuma Mayer Paulden Peeples Valley Seligman Spring Valley Verde Village Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) Wilhoit Williamson Yarnell

Unincorporated communities	Abra Arcosanti Audley Aultman Cherry Cleator Crown King Drake Groom Creek Iron Springs Kirkland Octave Perkinsville Potato Patch Red Rock Skull Valley

Indian reservation	Hualapai Indian Reservation Yavapai Reservation Yavapai-Apache Nation Indian Reservation

Ghost towns	Alexandra Apron Crossing Big Bug Bradshaw City Bumble Bee Catoctin Cordes Curtis Gillett Jerome Junction Octave Piedmont Stanton Tip Top Weaver

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 34°33′02″N 112°26′06″W / 34.55056°N 112.43500°W / 34.55056; -112.43500

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