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| Halchidhoma Xalychidom Piipaa | |
|---|---|
| Tribe | |
| Location | Salt River reservation |
| Population | 1000 |
| Language | Maricopa language |
The Halchidhoma[2] (Maricopa: Xalychidom Piipaa or Xalychidom Piipaash – 'people who live toward the water') are a Native American tribe now living mostly on the Salt River reservation, but formerly native to the area along the lower Colorado River in California and Arizona when first contacted by Europeans. In the early nineteenth century, under pressure from their hostile Mohave and Quechan neighbors, they moved to the middle Gila River, where some merged with the Maricopa, and others went on to Salt River and maintained an independent identity.
The Halchidhoma currently speak the Maricopa language.
- ^ Clark, Patricia Roberts (21 October 2009). Tribal Names of the Americas: Spelling Variants and Alternative Forms, Cross-Referenced. McFarland. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7864-5169-2.
- ^ Or Alchedoma, Achedoma.[1]