The Yavapai-Apache Nation
The Yavapai-Apache Nation, a federally recognized sovereign Indian Nation, is comprised of descendants of the Wipukyipai (Yavapai) and Dil zhéé (Tonto Apache) peoples. The Yavapai speak the Yuman dialect and the Apache speak the Athabascan dialect.
Under the Indian Reorganization Act, of 1932, the Yavapai and Apache people were officially recognized as sovereign people by the federal government. in 1992, under a revised their tribal constitution, the tribe became know as the Yavapai-Apache Nation.
Today, the reservation spans over four tribal communities including Camp Verde, Clarkdale, Middle Verde and Rimrock and encompasses more than 1,600 acres throughout the Verde Valley.
The Yavapai-Apache portion of the project will commence in June of 2012 . It will focus on the Fossil Creek and Boynton Canyon region. Youth and elders will visit the areas, then create and share digital stories.
