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Sobaipuri |
| Ethnie: | SOBAIPURI |
| Language: | Upper Piman |
| Family: | Tepiman |
| Stock: | Uto-Aztecan |
| Phylum: | Aztec-Tanoan |
| Macro-Culture: | Southwestern |
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| The Sobaipuri were a sedentary hunter/farmer tribe. They lived along the San Pedro River and its tributaries, westward along the Gila and southward along the Santa Cruz to about Casa Grande. Apache depredations forced them to confederate into the Tohono O'Odham. |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| MX 2 villages, AZ 29 villages |
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| Year | History |
| 1694 | Visited by Kino |
| 1731 | Frs. Segresser and Grashoffer founded Missions San Xavier del Bac and San Miguel de Guevavi |
| 1761 | Tribe broken up by the Apache and confederated into the Tohono O'Oham; though some absorbed into the Apache |
| Year | U.S. Population | Source |
| 1680 | 600 | Mooney estimate |
| 1700 | 600 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1800 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1900 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| 2000 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Pima, Tohono O'Odham |
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