Introduction
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Source - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Xavier_del_Bac.jpg
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San Xavier del Bac, Mission established by Father Kino in southern Nevada. Located on what is today the Tohono O'odham Reservation outside of Tucson, Arizona, the mission is still used for church services |
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Prior to contact, the O'odham (also known as the Pima and Papago) lived in scattered farmsteads spread across the Sonoran desert of southern Arizona and northern Mexico. Their first sustained interaction with the Spaniards began in 1687 when Father Eusebio Kino, a Jesuit priest, established a series of missions in the general region. Written accounts from that time indicate that the O'odham subsisted off both wild resources and agricultural products, with the relative contributions of these foods varying from year to year and across the landscape. The arrival of the Europeans brought substantial changes to this lifestyle, however, and today O'odham lands are confined to six reservations in southern Arizona. |
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Required Readings and Resources
- Griffin-Pierce Chapter 5
- Watch the film "Unnatural causes. Bad sugar." (Kanopy streaming video, 30 minutes)
- Video can be streamed through unlv library: http://unlv.kanopystreaming.com.ezproxy.library.unlv.edu/video/unnatural-causes-bad-sugar
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to describe the likely origins and early history of the O'odham
- Students will be able to describe how the environment affected the settlement and subsistence patterns of various O'odham groups
- Students will be able to describe the social mechanisms and adaptive strategies that were used by the O'odham to offset the risk inherent in surviving in their environment
- Students will be able to describe the effects that European impact had, and continues to have, on O'odham lifeways and health
- Students will be able to define major terms and concepts relevant to understanding the O'odham culture
Major Concepts and Terms
- Father Kino
- Sonoran desert
- Hohokam
- Piman language
- Hia-Ced O'odham
- Tohono O'odham
- Akimel O'odham
- Tinaja
- Saguaro
- Kia
- Calendar stick
- Rain Ceremony
- Naming Ceremony
- Diabetes
Additional Resources
Additional information (optional) about calendar sticks
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