USDI Bureau of Reclamation, PXAO, Gila River Indian Community
Part of: USDI Bureau of Reclamation, PXAO, Tribal Projects
The Gila River Indian Community is located to the south of the city of Phoenix, in Arizona. This collection includes work done on their land by the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.
Site Name Keywords
Butte Camp •
Camp Rivers •
Canal Camp •
AZ U:13:4 (ACS) •
AZ U:13:3 (ACS) •
Sewer Farm
Site Type Keywords
Non-Domestic Structures •
Ball Court •
Structure •
Historic Structure •
Archaeological Feature •
Artifact Scatter •
Internment Camp •
Dairy •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Agricultural or Herding
Other Keywords
Pipe •
Can •
Bottle •
Bowl •
Thermometer •
Jar •
Cup •
Plate •
Needle •
Knife
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Japanese American •
Hohokam •
Euroamerican •
Historic Native American •
Papago •
Mexican •
Anglo-American •
Pima
Investigation Types
Collections Research •
Historic Background Research •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Systematic Survey
Material Types
Glass •
Building Materials •
Metal •
Cement •
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Ground Stone •
Mineral •
Wood •
Textile
Temporal Keywords
20th Century •
Prehistoric •
1940s •
World War II •
Historic •
Protohistoric
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
Pinal County (County) •
North America (Continent) •
Arizona •
Pima County •
US (ISO Country Code) •
Gila River Indian Reservation •
Maricopa County •
Sonoran Desert
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-5 of 5)
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An Archeological Survey of the Gila River Farms Expansion, Pinal County, Arizona (1987)
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An archaeological clearance survey of the proposed Gila River Farms Expansion area was undertaken by Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS). This survey was performed in accordance with the provisions and regulations of the National Historic Preservation Act in order to locate, identify, and assess cultural resources that might be adversely impacted when the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) begins to utilize this land for agriculture. A total of four sites, four artifact scatters, and...
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Recovery of Additional Information from the Gila River Farm Expansion Area (1988)
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As a result of a cultural resource investigation of the Gila River Farms expansion area conducted by Archaeological Consulting Services Ltd. (ACS), a number of significant cultural resources were identified within the project area. Of particular interest was cultural material associated with the World War II Japanese-American internment camp of Camp Rivers. This camp was used between May, 1942 and November 1945 and housed approximately 12.000 Japanese and Nisei (Japanese-Americans born and...
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Sacaton Farms Irrigation System Project: Investigations at Butte Camp, a Japanese-American World War II Relocation Center
PROJECT
A few months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, people of Japanese origin on the West Coast of the United States were routed through a series of security measures that led to removal from their homes and resettlement in relocation centers. In 1942, a civilian agency, the War Relocation Authority (WRA), was established to administer their lives in these centers. Butte Camp and Canal Camp were the two relocation sites built by the United States at the Gila River Relocation Center...
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Return To Butte Camp: A Japanese-American World War II Relocation Center: Report (1993)
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A few months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, people of Japanese origin on the West Coast of the United States were routed through a series of security measures that led to removal from their homes and resettlement in relocation centers. In 1942, a civilian agency, the War Relocation Authority (WRA), was established to administer their lives in these centers. Butte Camp and Canal Camp were the two relocation sites built by the United States at the Gila River Relocation Center...
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Supplemental Study of Butte Camp at the Rivers Relocation Center: A Japanese-American World War II Relocation Center: Interim Report (1993)
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In 1987 and 1989, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) undertook limited archaeological and historical investigations in areas adjacent to the Gila River Relocation Center that were to be impacted by the Sacaton Farms Irrigation System Project (Sawyer-Lang 1989; Sullivan et al. 1987). On January 20,1993, the Bureau of Reclamation requested a supplemental study of the Center that included the collection of additional historical material together with oral history information. The...