Yavapai-Prescott Tribe

Template:Short description Template:Infobox ethnic group The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe (Yavapai language: Wiikvteepaya), formerly known as the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Reservation, a federally recognized tribe of Yavapai people.<ref name=ncai /> Fewer than 200 people are enrolled in the tribe.

Reservation

The Yavapai reservation is approximately Template:Convert in central Yavapai County in west-central Arizona. In the early 1930s, Sam Jimulla and his wife Viola Jimulla, with community support, pushed the government to provide reservation lands for the tribe, as they had been unable to secure federal funds for a housing project. In 1935, 75 acres of the former Fort Whipple, Arizona were set aside as a reservation. Continued pressure from the tribe resulted in an additional 1320 acres being conferred on the tribe in 1956.<ref name="Ortiz (1983)">Template:Cite book</ref>

Government

Simultaneously with the creation of a reservation, the government pressed for the Prescott Yavapai to accept the terms of the Indian Reorganization Act,<ref name="Ortiz (1983)" /> but the tribe rejected the move away from a hereditary chief and confirmed the commissioner of Indian Affairs choice of Jimulla as their tribal leader. When Jimulla died in 1940, he was succeeded by his wife, though a tribal council was established.<ref name="Bataille, Lisa (2003)">Template:Cite book</ref> Don Mitchell, husband of Jimulla's daughter Grace, served as chair of the tribal council from 1940 to 1948 and then tribal president from 1948 to 1972,<ref name="Chair list (2015)">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Wilson (2010)">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> though Viola served as Chieftess until her death. Grace Mitchell succeeded her parents as chieftess in 1967 and<ref name="Ortiz (1983)" /><ref name="Bataille, Lisa (2003)" /> in 1972, Jimulla's granddaughter Patricia Ann McGee became tribal president.<ref name="Chair list (2015)" /> Upon Mitchell's death in 1976, the tribe conferred the title of chieftess upon Jimulla's other surviving daughter, Lucy Miller, and reconfirmed the dual governance system by retaining McGee as tribal president.<ref name="Lucy Miller is chieftess">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Yavapai Tribal Chieftess">Template:Cite news</ref>

Following Miller's 1984 death<ref name="Lucy Miller died">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> the tribal leadership was solely vested in the council and the tribal president. McGee retained the post until 1988, when she was ousted for two years by Stanhope "Stan" Rice Jr. She regained leadership in 1990 and served until her death.<ref name="Dodder (December 2001)">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Dodder (November 2001)">Template:Cite news</ref> Rice regained the presidency in 1994 and held the position until his ouster in 2001. He was succeeded by Ernest Jones Sr.<ref name="Chair list (2015)" /> The tribe is headquartered in Prescott, Arizona.<ref name=ncai>"Tribal Directory." National Congress of American Indians. Accessed 6 March 2014.</ref>

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.

Services

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

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Notable tribal members

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

Education

The reservation is served by the Prescott Unified School District.

See also

• Yavapai people

References

• Yavapai-Prescott Reservation, Arizona United States Census Bureau

External links

• Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, official website