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

Culture Keywords
Historic • Japanese American

Investigation Types
Collections Research • Historic Background Research

Geographic Keywords
Arizona • Pima County • US (ISO Country Code) • Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Pinal County (County) • North America (Continent) • Gila River Indian Reservation • Maricopa County

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Sacaton Farms Irrigation System Project: Investigations at Butte Camp, a Japanese-American World War II Relocation Center
  • Sacaton Farms Irrigation System Project: Investigations at Butte Camp, a Japanese-American World War II Relocation Center
    PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

    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...