Hia C-eḍ Oʼodham
Two Hia C-eḍ Oʼodham men after a successful fishing expedition. Lithograph from 1857 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Roughly 1,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Arizona) | |
| Languages | |
| Oʼodham, English, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion, Catholic, Protestant | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tohono Oʼodham, Akimel O'odham, Pima Bajo, Tepehuán |
The Hia C-eḍ Oʼodham ("Sand Dune People"), also known as Areneños or Sand Papagos, are a Native American peoples whose traditional homeland lies between the Ajo Range, the Gila River, the Colorado River, and the Gulf of California. They are currently unrecognized at both the state and federal level in the United States and Mexico, although the Tohono Oʼodham Nation has a committee for issues related to them and has land held in trust for them. They are represented by a community organization known as the Hia-Ced Oʼodham Alliance. The Hia C-eḍ Oʼodham are no longer nomadic, and the majority today live in or near Ajo, Arizona, or the small settlements of Blaisdell and Dome near Yuma.