Often the Yavapai were mistaken as Apache by American settlers, who referred to them as 'Mohave-Apache,' 'Yuma-Apache,' or 'Tonto-Apache'. The Yavapai have much in common with their linguistic relatives to the north, the Havasupai and the Hualapai. Historically, the Yavapai – literally “people of the sun” (from Enyaava “sun” + Paay “people”) – were divided into four geographical bands who identified as separate, independent peoples: the Ɖulv G’paaya, or Western Yavapai the Yaavpe', or Northwestern Yavapai the Gwev G’paaya, or Southeastern Yavapai and the Wiipukpaa, or Northeastern Yavapai – Verde Valley Yavapai.Īnother Yavapai band, which no longer exists, was the Mađqwarrpaa or 'Desert People.' Its people are believed to have mixed with the Mojave and Quechan peoples.

The Yavapai are a Native American tribe in Arizona. Havasupai, Hualapai, Mohave, Western Apache

Yavapai (three dialects of Upland Yuman language), English An early 20th-century Yavapai basket bowl woven of willow and reed

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