HEART OF TUCSON

The heart of Tucson is Mission Garden at the base of A Mountain.

Water is the earth's lifeblood.

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Water is especially precious in the Sonoran Desert!

Sentinel Peak

Below 2,900-foot Sentinel Peak, the Santa Cruz Valley was farmed by the HOHOKAM  4,000+ years ago.

S-CUK ṢON

As seen from Sentinel Peak.

Sonoran Desert Agriculture

AKIMEL O'ODHAM

River People

TOHONO O'ODHAM

Desert People

SACRED O'ODHAM VILLAGE 

S-CUK ṢON

ACEQUIA

GILA TOPMINNOW

PASCUA YAQUI

THE FRIENDS OF TUCSON'S BIRTHPLACE CELEBRATES INDIGENOUS PEOPLE EVERY DAY AT THE SITE OF THE SACRED O'ODHAM VILLAGE S-CUK ṢON!