Tohono O'odham
noun
To·ho·no O'odham
tō-ˈhō-nō- 
plural Tohono O'odham
: a member of an Indigenous people of southwestern Arizona and northwestern Mexico
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Although some tribes, like the Tohono O'odham Nation, provide some financial support, a large portion of Tohono O'odham college's funding comes from federal funding and tuition, Schoonmaker said.
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Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Trump's border wall construction during his first term as president was criticized by border tribes such as the Tohono O'odham in Arizona for being built in the middle of sacred lands and ancestral burial grounds.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
On March 2, 2023, near Why, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Nation, officers responded to a vehicle collision at the intersection of State Route 86 and Federal Route 1.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024
Migrants waiting on the Tohono O'odham reservation for Border Patrol.
—Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 24 June 2024
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Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Trump's border wall construction during his first term as president was criticized by border tribes such as the Tohono O'odham in Arizona for being built in the middle of sacred lands and ancestral burial grounds.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
On March 2, 2023, near Why, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Nation, officers responded to a vehicle collision at the intersection of State Route 86 and Federal Route 1.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024
Migrants waiting on the Tohono O'odham reservation for Border Patrol.
—Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 24 June 2024
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“Tohono O'odham.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tohono%20O%27odham. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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