page_title: Cocopah
hierarchical_section_title: Cocopah
caption_attribution_description: BPLDC no.: 09_06_000087 Rinehart no.: 1441 Title: Middle Sky, Cocapah Photographer: Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.) Copyright date: 1899 Extent: 1 photographic print&#160;: platinum, hand-colored Genre: Platinum prints; Portrait photographs Subject: Indians of North America; Cocopa Indians; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898&#160;: Omaha, Neb.) BPL Department: Print Department
context_page_description: The Cocopah, also Cucapá, are Native Americans who live in Baja California and Sonora, Mexico, and in Arizona in the United States.
  The Cocopah language belongs to the Delta–California branch of the Yuman family. The Spanish term for Cocopah is Cucapá. Their self-designation is Xawiƚƚ kwñchawaay, translating to “Those Who Live on the Cloudy River”. According to the US Census, there were 1,009 Cocopah in 2010.
context_section_description: The Cocopah, also Cucapá (in Cocopa: Kwapa or Kwii Capáy - "Cloud People" referring to the fog along the Colorado River), are Native Americans who live in Baja California and Sonora, Mexico, and in Arizona in the United States.
  The Cocopah language belongs to the Delta–California branch of the Yuman family. The Spanish term for  Cocopah is Cucapá. Their self-designation is Xawiƚƚ kwñchawaay, translating to “Those Who Live on the Cloudy River” (from Xawíƚƚy - "river", kwii - "cloud", (ny)way - "to live", llyay/nyaam - "many"). According to the US Census, there were 1,009 Cocopah in 2010.
caption: Middle Sky, Cocapah, photo by Frank A. Rinehart, 1899
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