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PIMA , a tribe and stock of See also:North See also:American See also:Indians . Their range was See also:southern See also:Arizona and See also:northern See also:Mexico . The ruined Pima See also:village, known to the See also:Spanish as Casa Grande on the See also:south See also:bank of the Gila, is an example of their See also:early See also:civilization and skill in See also:building . Driven out of their homes by neighbouring tribes, they lived a more or less nomadic See also:life . They were always See also:good farmers, showing much skill in See also:irrigation . At first submitting to the Spaniards, they revolted in 1751, destroying all the See also:missions . The See also:war lasted two years, but since then the Pima Indians have been friendly with the settlers . As a See also:race they are brave, honest and hard working . They number some 5000 on two reservations in Arizona . The Piman stock includes such tribes as the See also:Papago, See also:Huichol, See also:Opata, Tarumari, and See also:numbers upwards of a See also:hundred thousand . |
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