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Laura Thompson

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BIOGRAPHY

Consultant in applied anthropology. Field researcher on Hopi, Pagogo, Zuni, Navaho, and Sioux reservations. Author of Culture in Crisis: A Study of the Hopi Indians and others.

Primary Contributions (1)

Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples and their lands in the American Southwest, with labeled areas for groups such as the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Apache, Pima, Yuma, Mojave, and others, along with major rivers and reservation boundaries.

Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest

Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest, any of the Native American peoples inhabiting the southwestern United States; some scholars also include the peoples of northwestern Mexico in this culture area. More than 20 percent of Native Americans in the United States live in this region,…