Yumas

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yumas \Yu"mas\, n. pl.; sing. {Yuma}. (Ethnol.)
     A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts
     of Mexico and California. They are agricultural, and
     cultivate corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc.
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     Note: The a wider sense, the term sometimes includes the
           Mohaves and other allied tribes.
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