* Tohono O ' odham fiddling, a Native American style heavily influenced by Mexican fiddling and featuring irregular counts and harmonies in thirds, fourths, and sixths.

The Kitt Peak National Observatory ( KPNO ) is a United States astronomical observatory site located on 2, 096 m ( 6, 880 ft ) Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O ' odham Nation, southwest of Tucson.

The land was leased from the Tohono O ' odham under a perpetual agreement.

The observatory sites are under lease from the Tohono O ' odham Nation at the amount of a quarter dollar per acre yearly, which was overwhelmingly approved by the Council in the 1950s.

In 2005, the Tohono O ' odham Nation brought suit against the National Science Foundation to stop further construction of gamma ray detectors in the Gardens of the Sacred Tohono O ' odham Spirit I ' itoi, which are just below the summit.

At about the same time as the appearance of the Greek labyrinth, a topologically identical pattern appeared in Native American culture, the Tohono O ' odham labyrinth which features I ' itoi, the " Man in the Maze ".

* An archaic term for Tohono O ' odham people

The Tohono O ' odham are a group of Native American people who reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of the southeastern Arizona and northwest Mexico.

" Tohono O ' odham " means " Desert People.

" Although they were previously known as the Papago, they have largely rejected this name ( meaning literally " tepary-bean eater "), which was applied to them by conquistadores, who had heard them called this by other Piman bands who are very competitive with the Tohono O ' odham.

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 Nation provides affordable housing through the Tohono O ' Odham Ki: Ki Association.

The Tohono O ' odham share linguistic and cultural roots with the closely related Akimel O ' odham ( People of the River ), whose lands lie just south of Phoenix, along the lower Gila River.

The Sobaipuri are ancestors to both the Tohono O ' odham and the Akimel O ' odham who resided along the major rivers of southern Arizona.

The San Xavier District is the location of a major tourist attraction near Tucson, Mission San Xavier del Bac, the " White Dove of the Desert ," founded in 1700 by the Jesuit missionary and explorer Eusebio Kino, with the current church building constructed by the Tohono O ' odham and Franciscan priests from 1783 to 1797.

In fact, Tohono O ' odham villages had resisted change for hundreds of years.

Despite a hundred years of being told to and made to change, the Tohono O ' odham have retained their traditions into the 21st century, and their language is still spoken.

Now numbering over 25, 000 enrolled members, the Tohono O ' odham Nation gains most of its income from its three Desert Diamond casinos.

In addition, there is a one-time monetary distribution to each Tohono O ' odham upon reaching 18 years of age.

Luzi, a Tohono O ' odham woman, circa 1905 Photograph by Edward Curtis

The cultural resources of the Tohono O ' odham are threatened — particularly the language — but are stronger than those of many other aboriginal groups in the United States.

Pinal County contains parts of the Tohono O ' odham Nation, the Gila River Indian Community and the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, as well as the entirety of the Ak-Chin Indian Community.

Within the O ' odham people there are four tribes in the Southwest who speak the same language called the Gila River Indian Community ( Keli Akimel O ' Odham-" Gila River People "), the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ( Onk Akimel O ' Odham-" Salt River People "), the Ak-Chin Indian Community ( Ak-Chin O ' odham ) and the Tohono O ' Odham Nation ( Tohono O ' Odham-" Desert People ").

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ( SRPMIC ) is home of the Onk Akimel O ' Odham ( also On ' k Akimel Au-Authm-" Salt River People ", a division of the Akimel O ' Odham-" River People "), the Maricopa of Lehi ( call themselves Xalychidom Piipaa or Xalychidom Piipaash-" People who live toward the water ", descendants of the refugee Halchidhoma ), the Tohono O ' Odham (" Desert People ") and some Keli Akimel O ' Odham ( also Keli Akimel Au-Authm-" Gila River People ", a other division of the Akimel O ' Odham-" River People ").

Its home is the Tohono O ' odham Indian Reservation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and Gila River Indian Community.

The Tonoho O ' odham pattern has two distinct differences from the Greek: it is radial in design, and the entrance is at the top, where traditional Greek labyrinths have the entrance at the bottom ( see below ).

* O ' odham: judumi

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.

Participants in Diana Leafe Christian's " Heart of a Healthy Community " seminar circle during an afternoon session at O. U. R.

Northwest Iowa Community College is also in Sioux County though it is most often associated with community of Sheldon in O ' Brien County.

Calumet is served by the South O ' Brien Community School District.

Sutherland is served by the South O ' Brien Community School District.

The Texas Township Campus of Kalamazoo Valley Community College is located on the southern side of West O Avenue, just east of 8th Street South.

Members of the Borough Council ( with term-end years and committee chairmanship listed in parentheses ) are Council President Richard Hauser ( 2012 ; Finance ), John Coyle ( 2013 ; Public Works / Utilities ), John T. Kelley ( 2014 ; Community Outreach ), Peter W. Murray ( 2012 ; Public Safety ), Thomas O ' Donnell ( 2013 ; Community Center ) and Francis X.

Members of the West Caldwell Township Council ( with term-end years and committee assignment chairmanships listed in parentheses ) are Council President Stanley W. Hladik ( 2012 ; Finance & Welfare ), Dominick J. Aiello ( 2014 ; Parks & Recreation ), Joseph P. Cecere ( 2013 ; Legal & Personnel ), Thomas M. O ' Hern ( 2012 ; Public Works & Water ), Richard C. Otterbein ( 2014 ; Public Safety ) and Stephen P. Wolsky ( 2013 ; Community Planning, Development & Technology ).

Located in O ' Hara Township, the Lauri Ann West Memorial Library was funded through private contributions from its members and public grants until last year when the Cooper-Siegel Community library opened right next to the Borough Building along Fox Chapel Road.

They began producing shows in the mid-1960s in the garage of a home in the Falconhurst housing plan, but eventually, the small group of enthusiastic actors moved into larger venues, including the O ' Hara Elementary School, and finally the Boyd Community Center.

The Chapel Gate Swimming & Tennis Club and the Community Swim Club are in O ' Hara Township and near the border with Fox Chapel.

Fort Bend County operates the Bud O ' Shieles Community Center in Rosenberg.

The Corpus Christi Interim City Manager Angel R. Escobar was appointed in 2008, and works alongside Assistant City Managers Cindy O ' Brien ( Administrative Services ), Margie C. Rose ( Community Services ), and Oscar Martinez ( Public Works & Utilities ).

During the Carter Administration, O ' Leary was appointed assistant administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, general counsel of the Community Services Administration, and administrator of the Economic Regulatory Administration at the newly created Department of Energy.

The Community is home for members of both the Akimel O ’ odham ( Pima ) and the Pee-Posh ( Maricopa ) tribes.

Buford O ' Neal Furrow, Jr. ( born November 25, 1961 ) is a former Aryan Nations member and security guard who perpetrated the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting in August 1999., he is serving a life sentence in an Indiana federal prison.

After shooting and injuring 66 year old George Noon in his garden, Ryan broke into the John O ' Gaunt Community Technology College.

Inside the John O ' Gaunt Community Technology College ( closed and empty at that time of year for summer holidays ), where he had previously been a pupil, Michael Ryan barricaded himself in a classroom.

It operates O. H. Schultz Elementary School, Mishicot Middle School, and Mishicot Community High School.

It is also the first time that statutory protection has been given to a marine area as a result of proposals being developed at a grassroots level ; in this case after a long campaign by the Community of Arran Seabed Trust ( C. O. A. S. T.

The Frank O ' Bannon Public Service Award is given annually by Ivy Tech Community College.

* O ' Bannon Institute for Community Service-Ivy Tech Community College