This particularly special celebration for the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation prevented the federal government from building the Orme Dam back in the 1970s. This dam would have been built roughly 25 miles northeast of Phoenix on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation. If the dam was built, more than half of the reservation would have been [...]

Posted on November 19th, 2009 under Things To Do. Tags: Fort McDowell, Native American Celebrations, Orme Dam, Yavapai Nation. Comments: None