Administration
A United States reservation residing on a portion of its people's original Sonoran desert lands, the Tohono O'odham Nation within the United States is organized into 11 districts. The land lies in three counties of the state of Arizona: Pima County, Pinal County, and Maricopa County. The main reservation is located between Tucson and Ajo, Arizona, with its administrative center in the town of Sells. A few of the districts are not contiguous with the main reservation: The San Xavier District southwest of Tucson, the San Lucy District near the city of Gila Bend, and the Florence Village near the city of Florence. The reservation's land area is 11,534.012 square kilometres (4,453.307 sq mi), the third-largest Indian reservation area in the United States (after the Navajo and the Uintah and Ouray). The 2000 census reported 10,787 people living on reservation land. The tribe's enrollment office tallies a population of 25,000, with 20,000 living on its Arizona reservation lands.
The Nation is governed by a Council and Chairperson, who are elected by eligible adult members of the Nation under a complex formula intended to ensure that the rights of small O'odham communities are protected as well as the interests of the larger communities and families. The present Chairman is Ned Norris, Jr. since 2007.
The Nation provides affordable housing through the Tohono O'Odham Ki:Ki Association.
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