People group profile · PG050675
The Akimel O'odham of the United States
The Akimel O'odham of the United States, numbering about 10,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Native American tribe known as the “River People,” who traditionally lived along Arizona’s rivers and are one of the main tribes living on the Gila River Reservation today.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Native American religions, and they primarily speak Tohono O'odham.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 10,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Tohono O'odham (ood)
- Primary religion
- Native American religions
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Pima
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Arizona: Gila River Indian Reservation
Where they live
Gospel status
The Akimel O'odham are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Akimel O'odham
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Native American religions · Ethnoreligion
50% adherents
Primary language
Tohono O'odham · Uto-Aztecan family
70% speak Tohono O'odham
Gospel resources in Tohono O'odham
Bibles
- 2010, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Akimel O'odham
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Know something we don't? Submit updates to IMB Global Research.