The Tribal Archive consists of original written documents, copies of documents, microfilm, photography, videotape and oral history tapes. Included is personal correspondence, federal government documents and works of historians, ethnologists and anthropologists. The Tribal Archive is accessible to tribal members. Application is required by non-Tribal members For Use Of Archival Materials and must agree to abide by the rules governing the use of manuscripts. Lands include 225,995 acres in Arizona and 42,696 acres in California.
Tribal lands are low and arid desert and river bottom with abrupt mountain ranges.
The Colorado River, provides 90 miles of shoreline, running north to south along the reservation. In 1864, Charles Debrille Poston, the first Indian Superintendent for Arizona, selected the area as Arizona's second Indian reservation. The Mohave have inhabited the area for centuries, while members of the Chemehuevi, Hopi, and Navajo tribes relocated to the reservation later. The incorporated community of Parker is located on and surrounded by reservation lands. The Reservation economy is centered around agriculture, recreation, government and light industry.