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Papago Tribe

Tohono O'odham Nation. The Tohono O'odham people reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of the southwest U.S. and northwest Mexico. "Tohono O'odham" means "People of the Desert" whereas the rejected name was given to them by conquistadores who heard their enemies calling them "Papago" ("tepary-bean eater").


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