Akimel Oʼodham

The Akimel Oʼodham or Akimel Oʼotham are an Indigenous people of the Americas living in the United States in central and southern Arizona and Northwestern Mexico in the states of Sonora and Chihuahua. The majority population of the two current bands of the Akimel Oʼodham in the United States is based in two reservations: the Keli Akimel Oʼotham on the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) and the Onʼk Akimel Oʼodham on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC).

The Akimel Oʼodham are closely related to the Ak-Chin Oʼodham, now forming the Ak-Chin Indian Community. They are also related to the Sobaipuri, whose descendants reside on the San Xavier Indian Reservation or Wa꞉k (together with the Tohono Oʼodham), and in the Salt River Indian Community. Together with the related Tohono Oʼodham ("Desert People") and the Hia C-ed Oʼodham ("Sand Dune People"), the Akimel Oʼodham form the Upper Oʼodham.