Hia-Ced O'odham Places
- Hia-Ced O'odham Places
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Chuk Do'ag. Black Mountain. Sierra Pinacate.
Hunting and gathering
Water
Travel to ocean for salt, shell, fish, skins
Camps
Fields
Ceremony
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'Ali Vaak. Little Sink [of water]. Quitovac spring and village.
Water
Village
Gathering and field farming, hunting, ranching
Ceremony
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A'al Vaipia. Little Wells. Quitobaquito spring and village.
Water
Village
Gathering and field farming, hunting
Ceremony
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Juñi Kaachk. Ripe Saguaro Fruit on the Ground. Bates Well camp.
Water
Village
Gathering, hunting, ranching
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Daabiwecho [Do'agwecho]. Under the Mountain. Darby wells and village. The mountain is Chuk Do'ag (Black Mountain).
Water
Village
Gathering, hunting, and ranching
Jobs at Ajo mine
Cemetery
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Kuswa Toob Do'ag. Twisted Neck Mountain. Mohawk Peak.
Water
Travel landmark
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Viiji Do'ag. Bare Mountain. Antelope Hill, from the Gila River floodplain.
Rock for metates
Fish in river
Neutral travel zone
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'U'uwuak. Where the Arrows Fell. Tinajas Altas, High Tanks. This is the lowest of the natural pools.
Water
Travel
Camp
Hunting and gathering
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Photographer David Burckhalter is renowned for his candid photographs of people living in northern Mexico, especially the Seris (Comcáac). His books include The Seris; La Vida Norteña: Photographs of Sonora, Mexico; Among Turtle Hunters & Basket Makers: Adventures with the Seri Indians; and Baja California Missions: In the Footsteps of the Padres. Currently he is working on a magnum opus, a book of photographs with a personal narrative: a lifetime documenting the Comcáac, their homeland, and nomadic traditions.
Paul Mirocha is an illustrator and designer based in Tucson, surrounded by the Sonoran Desert. Paul's illustrations first appeared in Gathering the Desert by Gary Paul Nabhan. Since then he has illustrated over 20 children's picture books on environmental themes. Paul is currently artist-in-residence at the University of Arizona's Desert Lab on Tumamoc Hill.
