About twenty-three years ago, Southern Baptist work was started among the Pima Indians, at Sacaton, Arizona, by Rev. |
Characteristic plant species include succulent shrubs such as iodine bush and bush seepweed, as well as salt tolerant grasses such as alkali sacaton and saltgrass. |
Something of this sort is going on at Taos to-day among the pueblos for their land, and down at sacaton among the Pimas for water. |
Vegetation of canyons descending from mesas included mound saltbush, galleta grass, blue grama, alkali sacaton, bigelow sage, winterfat, Mormon tea, and one-seed juniper. |
Carol Schurz is a councilwoman for the Gila River Indian Community in Sacaton, Arizona. |
Reconstructed traditional houses of the Apache, Maricopa, Papago, and Pima are on display at the Gila River Arts and Crafts Museum in Sacaton, Arizona, south of Phoenix. |