Cocopa

The Cocopa are a Yuman people who traditionally lived around the mouth of the Colorado River. They also speak a Yuman language, which is shared with the Halyikwamai people.1

The Cocopa are part of a broader group of peoples in the American Southwest who engaged in both farming and hunting and gathering. Their subsistence strategies varied depending on their proximity to water sources. Those living along major rivers, like the Colorado, cultivated crops such as corn, beans, and squash, supplemented by wild foods, fish, and small game. Their dwellings were often made of log frameworks covered with sand, brush, or wattle-and-daub.2