Piman refers to both a Native American ethnic group that presently inhabit an area in southern Arizona and to a group of languages within the Uto-Aztecan family that are spoken by ethnic groups spanning from Arizona in the north to Durango, Mexico in the south. A Hupa man, 1923 The scope of this indigenous peoples of the Americas article encompasses the definitions of indigenous peoples and the Americas as established in their respective articles. ... State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Official languages English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano (D) Senators John McCain (R) Jon Kyl (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 6th 295,254 km² 0. ... Pre-contact distribution of Uto-Aztecan languages (note: this map does not show the distribution in Mesoamerica) The Uto-Aztecan languages are a Native American language family. ... Durango (IPA pronunciation ) is one of the constituent states of Mexico. ...
The Piman group of languages is also refered to as Tepiman and then further divided into two subgroups. Piman, spoken mainly in Arizona and Sonora. Tepehuán is spoken further south in Sonora and Chihuahua and was once spoken as far south as Jalisco. Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. ... The Tepehuán (Tepehuanes or Tepehuanos) are an indigenous ethnic group in northwest Mexico, whose villages at the time of Spanish conquest spanned a large territory along the Sierra Madre Occidental from Chihuahua and Durango in the north to Jalisco in the south. ... The state of Chihuahua is the largest of the 31 states of Mexico and is located in the northwestern part of the country. ... Jalisco is one of the 31 states of the United Mexican States (Mexico). ...
In view of such ingrained native cultural patterns, the clerical inspector claimed that the mission at Bac needed colonial troops to “force” the Northern Pimans to live in the pueblo, to labor in the fields, “to punish” the medicine men, and “to drive forth” undesirables.
Thus the Northern Pimans were brought back into the Spanish colonial orbit with their Apache-fighting power essentially undiminished by battle losses in what could have turned into a very bloody campaign had Ortiz Parrilla chosen to force a military decision.
The aftermath of the Northern Piman nativistic movement of 1751 appears to have directly affected the future of Tucson as a Native American settlement.
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