![]() ![]() The first major enterprise for the Ak-Chin Indian Community was the Ak-Chin Farms established in 1963 and currently harvests more than 15,000 acres, making it one of the largest farming communities in the United States. Until that time, the chair and vice chair were appointed by the council from within the elected members. In 2016, the Ak-Chin Indian Community revised its constitution and for the first time, elected its Chairman, Vice Chairman and three tribal council members. The Ak-Chin Indian Community government was formally organized in 1961, under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and is governed by a five-member Tribal Council which oversees the governmental operations and departments that service The Community. In May 1912, President Taft signed documentation that originally created a 47,600-acre reservation that was reduced to just less than 22,000 acres the following year. The Community has an enrollment of more than 1,000 tribal members and a land base of just over 22,000 acres. Ak-Chin is an O’odham word translated to mean “mouth of the wash” or “place where the wash loses itself in the sand or ground.” The term refers to the type of farming that relies on washes – seasonal flood plains that are created by winter snows and summer rains. The Ak-Chin Indian Community is 30 miles south of Phoenix in the northwestern part of Pinal County. ![]()
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