Photos and Art
Search for historic photos of Tohono O'odham people
at the National Anthropological Archives
Juan Near Wagon by William Dinwiddie, 1894
- Heard MuseumGo to the "Learn" menu to explore collections.
- The Place Where Clouds are Formedartists working in the Tohono O'odham Nation
Films
- History/Culture: University of Arizona film about the Tohono O'odham (1941)Crafts, food, agriculture from the 1940s.
- Education: Pride and the Power to Win (1990)DVD available to borrow at PCC Library. Documentary about improving education at Baboquivari High School.
- History and Origins: Ga: hu'i o: on = The very beginning (1994)DVD available to borrow from PCC Library.
- Health: Bad Sugar (2008)Streaming film about diabetes and the Tohono O'odham.
- Music: Waila! Making the People Happy (2008)Streaming film about the popular music of the Tohono O'odham people.
- Land: Ours is the Land (2015)Film about the relationship with the Santa Rita mountains and the threat of mining.
- People: Pride Event at the Nation (2019)LGBTQ and Two Spirit Community of the Tohono O'odham nation.
Have Fun watching films using PCC's Film Streaming services!
Kanopy (feature films, art films, documentaries, foreign films)
Films on Demand (educational films and documentaries)
Academic Video Online (educational films and documentaries)
Academic Journal Articles
- MegaSearch This link opens in a new window
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Try MegaSearch and Research Library to find academic journal articles. Try to be specific when you search. For example:
Tohono O'odham and food
Tohono O'odham and border
Tohono O'odham and rodeo
News and more
- The RunnerFacebook site with news for the Tohono O'odham Nation
- Arizona Daily Star - archive SearchYou'll need to run a search on Tohono O'odham
Research Tip: do a :.site in Google
You can search for content on a single website. For example, if you put the following search in Google:
tohono o'odham site:.arizona.edu
It will search anything about the Tohono O'odham on the University of Arizona's websites. You can also add a topic to the search:
tohono o'odham language site:.arizona.edu
Here are more examples to consider:
tohono o'odham site:.asu.edu
tohono o'odham site:.nau.edu
tohono o'odham site:.pima.gov
tohono o'odham site:.azpm.org
E-Books
Sharing the Desert by Publication Date: 2003
Free E-books from the Arizona State Library (you must set up a new account to access)
Walking to Magdalena : Personhood and Place in Tohono O'odham Songs, Sticks, and Stories by Publication Date: 2019
When It Rains: Papago and Pima Poetry by Publication Date: 2019
Are We Not Foreigners Here? by Publication Date: 2018
A Tohono O'odham Grammar by Publication Date: 2016
At the Border of Empires by Publication Date: 2013
Dry River: Life, Death and Redemption on the Santa Cruz by Publication Date: 2011
Shadows at Dawn by Publication Date: 2009
Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations by Publication Date: 2002
The Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in O'odham Country by Publication Date: 2002
Desert Indian Woman: Stories and Dreams by Publication Date: 2001
Ceramics and Community Organization among the Hohokam by Publication Date: 2000
Telling a Good One by Publication Date: 2000
Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans by Publication Date: 1998
A Frontier Documentary: Sonora and Tucson, 1821–1848 by Publication Date: 1997
Of Earth and Little Rain by Publication Date: 1989
Pima Indian Legends by Publication Date: 1968
