‘We were always sovereign’: Arizona's Hia-Ced O’odham seek federal recognition as tribe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012523_hia_ced_oodham/we-were-always-sovereign-arizonas-hia-ced-oodham-seek-federal-recognition-as-tribe/
Descendants of the four surviving Hia-Ced O’odham families who fled their ancestral lands in the mid-1800s to escape yellow fever are researching the history of the Hia-Ced to prove their existence, and working to advocate for recognition with the federal government.
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