Tohono Oʼodham Nation

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The Tohono O'odham Nation is the collective government body of the Tohono O'odham people in the United States. The Tohono Oʼodham Nation governs four separate sections of land with a combined area of more than 2.8 million acres (11,330 km2), approximately the size of Connecticut and the second-largest Indigenous land holding in the United States. These lands are in the Sonoran Desert of south central Arizona and border the Mexico–United States border for 62 miles (100 km). The Nation is organized into 11 local districts and has a tripartite system of government. Sells is the Nation's largest community and functions as its capital. The Nation has about 37,000 enrolled members, most of whom live off of the reservations.

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