Yuma¹

 

(yū' mə) , Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Yuman branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Also known as the Quechan, they formerly ranged over a large area in SW Arizona. Although a powerful group, the Yuma suffered much in warfare with the Maricopa, the Pima, and other tribes. In 1853 they numbered some 3,000. A reservation was created for them in 1883, but the next year they were removed to the California side of the Colorado River; they formally surrendered their lands to the United States in 1886. Today the remainder of the group lives on the Fort Yuma reservation in California and Arizona, numbering 1,160 in 1990.

Bibliography

See A. L. Kroeber, Yuman Tribes of the Lower Colorado (1920); J. Forbes, Warriors of the Colorado (1965).

Yuma can refer to

• Long Island, Bahamas, was called Yuma by Native Arawak Indians over 500 years ago
• Quechan, also called Yuma, a native people of Arizona
• Suma-Jumano, (Suma also spelled Yuma) a native people of Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico
• Yuma (slang), originating from the country of Cuba, refers to U.S.A (country or citizen) denoting wealth
• USS Yuma, a number of U.S. Navy ships
• Yuma County, Arizona
  • Yuma, Arizona
  • Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
  • United States Army Yuma Proving Ground
• Yuma County, Colorado
  • Yuma, Colorado
• Yuma Desert, desert in southwest U.S. and northwest Mexico
• Yuma Hickman, the mother of Abraham Simpson
• Yuma, Michigan, a community in Springville Township, Michigan
• Yuma (comic books), a French comic-book magazine
• Yuma (river), a river in the Dominican Republic
• Yuma (television), a made-for-television movie

See also

• List of people by name: Yp-Yz#Yua - Yus

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