Introduction
A lesson in the How Many Tribal Governments Are in Arizona? – Part 1 History course.

This map, from Southwest Indigenous Women’s coalition, shows the 22 Native American Tribal Lands of Arizona. Indigenous people inhabited what became Arizona more than 12,000 years ago. Today, 22 Native American communities preserve their cultures and traditions on land that accounts for one-quarter of Arizona. From the Navajo Nation in the high country (the largest reservation in the United States) to picturesque areas along the fertile flood plains of the Colorado River, the forests of central Arizona, and the vibrant Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona.