Stealing The Gila: The Pima Agricultural Economy And Water Deprivation, 1848-1921

Stealing The Gila: The Pima Agricultural Economy And Water Deprivation, 1848-1921 David H. DeJong 2009   University of Arizona Press   The Pima Indians (Akimel O’otham or Akimel O’odham) once had ample water – or at least sufficient water for their needs. They lived in an arid region, but they understood their river’s inconsistent water flows and developed effective irrigation systems that allowed them to farm, trade, and prosper. Contact with the Spanish in the late eighteenth century...

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