Baboquivari Peak is visible from many miles away, in southern Arizona. Seeing it up close has been on my "to see list" for many years. "Baboquivari Peak is a 7730' granite
monolith. Part of the peak lies on the 2,900,000 acre Tohono O'odham
Reservation, the second largest Indian reservation in the United
States. Baboquivari is the most sacred place and mountain to the Tohono
O'odham people. It is the home of their Creator, I'itoli.
Baboquivari Peak was the center of the Tohono O'odham homeland until 1853 when conflict over its ownership began after the Mexican American War with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and then the Gadsden Purchase in 1853. The Treaty divided the Tohono O'odham lands, allowing American settlers to homestead on it. After Arizona became a state in 1912, the boundaries of the Tohono O'odham reservation were established in 1916, omitting much of the peak from the reservation. In 1990, Baboquivari Peak became part of the 2065 acre Baboquivari Peak Wilderness Area, administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Since 1998, the Tohono O'odham Nation has attempted to have the sacred peak returned to their custody."
I can check Baboquivari Peak off my list. I loved seeing it over and over during our visit to Kitt Peak, Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge, and Rancho de la Osa. Majestic and beautiful!
Baboquivari Peak was the center of the Tohono O'odham homeland until 1853 when conflict over its ownership began after the Mexican American War with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and then the Gadsden Purchase in 1853. The Treaty divided the Tohono O'odham lands, allowing American settlers to homestead on it. After Arizona became a state in 1912, the boundaries of the Tohono O'odham reservation were established in 1916, omitting much of the peak from the reservation. In 1990, Baboquivari Peak became part of the 2065 acre Baboquivari Peak Wilderness Area, administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Since 1998, the Tohono O'odham Nation has attempted to have the sacred peak returned to their custody."
I can check Baboquivari Peak off my list. I loved seeing it over and over during our visit to Kitt Peak, Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge, and Rancho de la Osa. Majestic and beautiful!
